Hi Alex,

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>The FBI, CIA, et al, have access to the aljazeera transmissions, so they can still see if there is any 'cellular' activity shortly after specific broadcasts. That ability is not being undermined at all by this restriction.

Is alJazeera available in the States? If by satellite only, then I'd say odds are good that most infiltrates don't use one. If they use the net then who knows WHEN they see the things. Correlating when seen with communications activity is what seems key here to me. That the FBI (more properly the CIA I suppose) may know the content has little to do with timing of viewing by operatives and subsequent activity.

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>You have to understand that right now, the safest place to be in the US is in the CNN building. As the media is the terorrists' podium/soapbox, that's the last thing they want to damage.

Interesting. I should think exactly otherwise, especially right now. Knock CNN off the air and you have really done something obviously visible throughout the world.

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>Terror, as others said, is their most precious weapon, and the media isn't but a vehicle of terror if we're to see videos of angry arabs threatening to kill us every time we turn on the tv.
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>I say that they be banned completely from appearing in OUR tv.

I think that's a better stance than allegedly vetting the stuff for code first, then showing it.
Is it censorship if a station decides not to show something? I don't think so. After all, if they showed us every piece of (crap) tape that came their way we'd all tune out for sure.
I could live with just being told that another tape of O'Assma (the Irish muslim?) had surfaced.

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>Call it censorship if you will, but by listening to their messages and eventually believing them, we aren't but helping their cause.

I doubt that we'd ever believe the crap he spouts. But having seen him once is enough for me.

Jim


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