>>>I don't buy that.
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>>Why not? Could just be Uncle Ali in Detroit, and we won't know if he's a link in the chain unless he's checked.
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>Plus, if Uncle Ali it talking about making soup, then no worries and who really cares if they listen or not. If it's how to make an exploding flak jacket, then I'm really glad they're listening. I don't know, my take on all this is probably overly simplified, but if you have nothing to hide, then why worry about it?

Because you get held for three years in a cage, without due process, proper medical help, no indictment and no legal help.

But then, I think probably even the last camel knows that CIA is short on Arab translators, so speaking in code, slang, innuendos, or combined - makes most of the phone conversations unintelligible. Uncle Ali may just be sound like talking about the soup (a bomb), when he lists the spices he may actually list the explosives etc etc. And his son may be mentioning a lot of weapons, when he discusses his next round of video games with his friends. So? How do they know which is which?