@armandodkos Of course. They wanted to strike the West. But I suspect the drone things makes us a more urgent priority. @bmaz @CNN
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@emptywheel@armandodkos@bmaz@CNN US PPL forget that AQ & affiliates have lots of reasons to attack US and others w/out US input anyway. -
@soonergrunt I'm not forgetting. I'm suggesting speaking randomly of AQ desire to strike us when WE'RE AT WAR odd.@armandodkos@bmaz@CNN -
@emptywheel@soonergrunt@bmaz@CNN Totally agree with that. -
@armandodkos@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN what's odd about seeing uptick in enemy indicators and alerting? Intel community is supposed to do that -
@soonergrunt@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN Nothing odd in that, odd is argument that NSA surveillance in US led to this intellgence. -
@armandodkos@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN And why is that? NSA does SIGINT/ELINT. That's who would notice increased comms traffic of various types -
@soonergrunt@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN It's odd to me is idea that Al Zawahiri used US comms to communicate with his subordinates. -
@armandodkos@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN the vast majority (90%+) of internet traffic passes through the US. It's not that odd. If anything... - 13 more replies
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@emptywheel@armandodkos@bmaz@CNN They have all sorts of reasons to do things like attack us that have more to do w/internal politics, etcThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@armandodkos@bmaz@CNN they possess agency in their own right, and do not confine themselves to reacting to what we do.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@armandodkos@bmaz@CNN The only way that made more of a priority is the urge to use assets before the enemy destroys them.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@bmaz@CNN I am persuaded by the recruitment idea. Drones are neffective because they make Al Qaida's recruitment easier.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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