“During the investigation an unprecedented level of surveillance has been undertaken and that surveillance has had as its objective to gather intelligence and evidence in support of the investigation,” he said.
“We have been looking at meetings, movements, travel, spending and the aspirations of a large group of people. This has involved close co-operation not only between agencies and police forces in the UK but also internationally.
This wasn’t the first successful use of surveillance.
It worked in January of this year.
…and back in 2002.
…and November, 2001.
If these busts had occurred in the U.S., we’d be reading about the ACLU’s lawsuit on behalf of these jihadis and hearing calls for impeachment from the liberal Left.
But, of course, if the attacks had not been prevented using such surveillance methods, we’d be reading about the lawsuits on behalf of terror victims and hearing calls for impeachment for allowing it to happen.
Bottom line… the best way to catch a terrorist is to imagine what a liberal would do… then do the exact opposite!
UPDATE: Looks like our own liberal-hated surveillance system picked up some of this “chatter”:
The Guardian newspaper, citing unidentified British government sources, said that after the arrests a message was sent to Britain telling the plots, “do your attacks now.” That message was intercepted and decoded earlier this week, The Guardian said.
A U.S. congressman briefed by intelligence officials, who did not want to be identified because of the sensitivity of the investigation, said U.S. intelligence had intercepted terrorist chatter.
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cross-posted at GOPBloggers
