As reported here, the FBI announced Friday that, "Authorities have disrupted foreign terrorists plotting to attack the transportation tunnels running beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey[.] " FBI Assistant Director Mark J. Mershon said that, ""For most of the year, we have been focusing on a group of al-Qaida followers who have targeted the Hudson River tubes[.]", adding, ""We believe we intercepted this group early in their plotting and, in fact, the plan has largely been disrupted.""
How did the FBI manage to do this? By monitoring internet chat rooms frequented by extremists, and keying on code words the extremists use, that's how.
It's comforting to know that, in spite of the best efforts of the NY Times and other publications at undermining efforts to combat terrorism by the authorities, those authorities are still managing to be able to do their jobs of protecting America from terror attacks.
Kudos to the FBI.
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