{"id":38544,"date":"2016-05-22T13:14:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T17:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38544"},"modified":"2016-05-22T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-22T17:14:48","slug":"fbi-homeland-security-now-0-for-41-in-predicting-imminent-terrorist-attacks-on-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=38544","title":{"rendered":"FBI & Homeland Security Now 0 For 41 In Predicting Imminent Terrorist Attacks On The US"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the why-does-anyone-take-them-seriously<\/i> dept.<\/h3>\n

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I don’t have cable. I almost never watch TV. I never see cable news unless someone points me to a clip online. Yet apparently, with the extended holiday weekend this past weekend, cable news went absolutely bonkers<\/a> with vague, unsubstantiated claims from government officials about how everyone should be on heightened alert for an attack from ISIS:<\/p>\n

CNN has led the pack in whipping Americans into a panic over the Isis threat,running story after story<\/a> with government officials and terrorism industry money-makers<\/a> hyping the threat, played against the backdrop of scary b-roll<\/a> of terrorist training camps. Former CIA deputy director Mike Morell ominously told CBS last week that<\/a> \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we weren\u2019t sitting here a week from today talking about an attack over the weekend in the United States.\u201d MSNBC and Fox joined in too, using graphics<\/a> and maps<\/a> right out of Stephen Colbert\u2019s satirical \u201cDoom Bunker,\u201d<\/a> suggesting World War III was just on the verge of reaching America\u2019s shores.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Morell appearance was particularly ridiculous, with it posting during the episode the following map of “recent ISIS arrests” in the US to emphasize the bullshit claim that ISIS was already in the US and plotting attacks:

<\/a><\/center>The problem, of course, is that none of those arrests were really connected to ISIS in any serious way. Nearly all of them were actually plots cooked up by the FBI<\/a> to trick<\/a> gullible individuals that they were in on an ISIS plot.<\/p>\n

Before the weekend, Adam Johnson put together an astounding list of how Homeland Security and the FBI are 0 for 40 in their last 40 predictions for terrorist attacks inside the US<\/a> — raising serious questions about why the news media actually takes any of these “warnings” seriously. And that doesn’t even get into the fact that DHS and the FBI have failed<\/i> to stop actual plots like the Boston bombing. Here’s the list that Johnson put together:<\/p>\n

October 2001: <\/strong>\u201cPotential use of chemical\/biological and\/or radiological\/nuclear weapons<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n

November 2001:<\/strong> California bridges<\/a><\/p>\n

February 2002: <\/strong>\u201cHollywood studios\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2002:<\/strong> Statue of Liberty<\/a><\/p>\n

June 2002:<\/strong> \u201cAround the Fourth of July holiday\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

July 2002:<\/strong> Stadiums<\/a><\/p>\n

August 2002:<\/strong> \u201cLandmarks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

October 2002:<\/strong> \u201cAQ to attack Amtrak<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

November 2002:<\/strong> \u201cSpectacular Al Qaeda attacks<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

February 2003: <\/strong>\u201cApartments, hotels, sports arenas and amusement parks<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n

May 2003:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cPossibility of multiple attacks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2004:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cAttempt to affect the outcome\u201d of presidential election<\/a><\/p>\n

July 2004: <\/strong>\u201cMilitary facilities and large gatherings\u201d on\u00a0July 4th<\/a><\/p>\n

August 2004:<\/strong> VA hospitals<\/a><\/p>\n

January 2005:<\/strong> Dirty bomb<\/a><\/p>\n

March 2005:<\/strong>\u00a0US\/Mexican border<\/a><\/p>\n

October 2005:<\/strong> NYC & Baltimore subways<\/a><\/p>\n

March 2006:<\/strong> \u201cSporting events\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

June 2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Colleges<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2007:<\/strong> \u201cShopping malls<\/a> in Chicago and LA\u201d<\/p>\n

November 2008:<\/strong> \u201cAl Qaeda to attack transit during Thanksgiving<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

November 2010:<\/strong> Mass transit in New York City<\/a><\/p>\n

October 2011:<\/strong> \u201cAmericans in Europe\u201d facing\u00a0\u201ccommando-style AQ attack\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

February 2011:<\/strong> \u201cFinancial institutions\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

May 2011:<\/strong> \u201cThreats of retaliation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

June 2011:<\/strong>\u00a0Al Qaeda \u201chit list\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

July 2011:<\/strong> \u201cP<\/a>rivate jets of executives\u201d<\/a>\u00a0involved in drone manufacturing<\/p>\n

September 2011:<\/strong> \u201cSmall planes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

September 2011:<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cNew York City or Washington around\u202610th anniversary of 9\/11<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

September 2011:\u00a0<\/strong>Airports<\/a><\/p>\n

March 2012:<\/strong> \u201cTerrorist hacking\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

August 2012:<\/strong> Anarchists blowing up bridge<\/a> during Tampa RNC<\/p>\n

September 2012:<\/strong> \u201cIslamic violence over movie<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

August 2013:<\/strong> \u201cSan Fransisco on high alert<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

November 2013:<\/strong> \u201ccyber attacks\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

April 2014:<\/strong> \u201cCollege students abroad\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2014:<\/strong> ISIS targeting Mississippi River bridge<\/a><\/p>\n

December 2014:<\/strong> ISIS \u201csabotaging US military personnel<\/a>\u201d over social media<\/p>\n

April 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0ISIS targeting \u201cparts of California<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

May 2015:<\/strong> ISIS targeting \u201cmilitary bases<\/a>\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And now we can add this past weekend, making them 0 for 41.<\/p>\n

Johnson highlights three reasons why these warnings still get issued:<\/p>\n