New National Intelligence Estimate Released

The key judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate have been released. Read them HERE. Below, some important findings:

Al Qaeda has “regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability”:

Al-Qa’ida is and will remain the most serious terrorist threat to the Homeland, as its central leadership continues to plan high-impact plots, while pushing others in extremist Sunni communities to mimic its efforts and to supplement its capabilities. We assess the group has protected or regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability, including: a safehaven in the Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), operational lieutenants, and its top leadership.

Iraq has strengthened al Qaeda, which will seek to “leverage the contacts and capabilities” gained in the war:

Of note, we assess that al-Qa’ida will probably seek to leverage the contacts and capabilities of al-Qa’ida in Iraq (AQI), its most visible and capable affiliate and the only one known to have expressed a desire to attack the Homeland.

Al Qaeda’s association with “al Qaeda in Iraq” (AQI) helps to “energize the broader Sunni extremist community” and “recruit and indoctrinate operatives”:

In addition, we assess that its association with AQI helps al-Qa’ida to energize the broader Sunni extremist community, raise resources, and to recruit and indoctrinate operatives, including for Homeland attacks.

But, but, but....this can't be right. I thought the insurgency was in "its final throes" (if you will) and I thought we were fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them here? And I thought we were making significant progress in Iraq and on the war on terror. And I thought the Iraqi's would greet us as liberators. And I thought the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were supposed to make us safer from Al Qaeda.

If I could stomach turning on Faux "News" today I'd love to see if they even mention this new NIE. More importantly I would love to find out what percentage of its viewership even understands what the NIE means?

Please be extremely observant and critical of any “terrorist incident” that comes down the pike in the near future. Don’t let the corporate media and this corrupt administration spoon-feed you its tortured, twisted “facts”. Remember, because of the media’s deliberate lack of coverage, many people are unaware even today that three WTC buildings collapsed on 9/11.