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...seem to have come from Mohamed Shnewer when he was alone with the informant. On Aug. 1, he allegedly told Omar, "If you want to do anything here, there is Fort Dix and I don't want to exaggerate, and I assure you that you can hit an American base very easily ... When you go to a military base, you need mortars and RPGs." Under the law, an informant must be a witness to the crime - not the instigator. Shnewer's use of the second person, you, suggests that he may have viewed the informant as the initiator...
...Three days later, Tatar contacted a Philadelphia police sergeant to report that someone was pressuring him to acquire maps of Fort Dix - and that he was afraid it might be terrorism-related. (Tatar's father owned a pizzeria and had a map of the base and clearance to deliver there.) The sergeant called...
...worth mentioning, of course, that it's not at all clear that the alleged plot would have succeeded. The base, which trains soldiers before they are deployed to Iraq, is heavily protected. Delivery vehicles are thoroughly searched before entry. But history shows that determined men don't need ingenious plans to be lethal. "Unfortunately, it's just not that hard to kill people," Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff tells TIME. "People misunderstand what makes someone dangerous...
...Edwards have been able to challenge Clinton in the state. And those priorities have hurt the other national front-runner, Rudy Giuliani. Like Clinton, the former New York City mayor is seen as the most electable candidate in his party by voters nationally. But in Iowa, where the Republican base is dominated by social conservatives and where national-security fears come second to social and moral concerns, Giuliani suffers for the low evaluation of his character. Just 46% of Iowa Republicans say Giuliani has a strong moral character, a number that is barely half that of every other G.O.P. candidate...
That the new U.S. intelligence assessment of Iran's nuclear program has put the kibosh on hawkish calls for a military response has been discussed to death, but there's been very little focus on a second potential casualty: the U.S. plan to base ground-based missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic. The plan to station interceptor missiles in Poland and tracking radars in the Czech Republic is regarded warily by citizens of those countries, and with outright hostility by the Russians who see it as aimed at blunting their own missile capability in the event...