>>Just because the government, one with a long track record of lies and obscufation, says it was a legitimate threat doesn't mean it was.
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>Helloooo...IIRC it was the English that announced the bust of the plot, done with help from the Pakistani government.
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>I am really disgusted with the level of paranoia and conspiracy-theory being displayed on the UT. Really, people, do you honestly believe this? And here I thought most developers were relatively logical human beings. I'm amazed, and greatly saddened.

You've got a point there, Dan. Tony Blair and company would never for an instant help the Bush administration spin angel dust in the "war on terror."

Having read some of the follow-up stories I do think it was a genuine terror plot, not one invented by governments. But after being lied to so often by this administration you can't blame me for being suspicious.