From the AP comes a report about more ‘extremists’ wanting this time to acquire school bus licenses and buses, but the FBI says there is no “reason for concern” (with thanks to Sheila):
FBI issues alert about extremists
Memo suggests no plot but says some are school-bus driversMar 17, 2007
WASHINGTON — Suspected members of extremist groups have signed up as school-bus drivers in the United States, counterterror officials said yesterday in a cautionary bulletin to police. But an FBI spokesman said, “Parents and children have nothing to fear.”
Click here.Asked about the alert notice, the FBI’s Rich Kolko said, “There are no threats, no plots and no history [Foehammer note: Because apparently this FBI agent has never heard of the Beslan Massacre] leading us to believe there is any reason for concern,” although law-enforcement agencies around the country were asked to watch out for children’s safety.
The bulletin, parts of which were read to The Associated Press, did not say how often foreign extremists have sought to acquire licenses to drive school buses, or where. It was sent yesterday as part of what officials said was a routine FBI and Homeland Security Department advisory to local law enforcement.
It noted “recent suspicious activity” by foreigners who either drive school buses or are licensed to drive them, according to a counterterror official.
Foreigners under recent investigation include “some with ties to extremist groups” who have been able to “purchase buses and acquire licenses,” the bulletin says.
But Homeland Security and the FBI “have no information indicating these individuals are involved in a terrorist plot against the homeland,” it says. The memo also notes: “Most attempts by foreign nationals in the United States to acquire school-bus licenses to drive them are legitimate.”Kolko said the bulletin was sent merely as an educational tool to help local police identify and respond to any suspicious activity.
Sure it was. It’s all so innocent, as if our police and FBI have a history of proactive strategy and out-of-the-box thinking. Wait, how did 9-11 happen then? I don’t recall anyone saying not to be concerned by Muslim flight instruction students, so if they are warning me, then everything must be safe!
So you parents can relax. The FBI tells you so. The ‘extremists’ could be anyone –maybe only Mexican illegals still angry over the annexation of California perhaps? Maybe they only want to practice driving floats in the next Cinco de Mayo parades? School bus — parade floats. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Does the FBI ever use the words jihadi or Muslim?
A relevant link to more reason not to be concerned:
Iraqi jihadists used kids as cover, then killed them
…because Muslims value life as you do. The Religion of Peace and Nature® will protect your kids. Go hire a Muslim babysitter today and prove to yourself how much you trust that they aren’t part of the “tiny minority of extremists”.
Why are you hesitating? Pick up that phone! Islamic Nannies — 555-5555.
A Must-Read Related Editorial: An American Beslan?
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