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Is the "Terror Alert" that was just announced real, or is it a staged jerking of our chain to try and convince us that the NSA is correct to vacuum up our information?

Asked by elbanditoroso (33550points) August 2nd, 2013

I don’t know what to believe.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-terror-alert-20130802,0,5090911.story

Somehow the timing of this terror alert, just after all the bad publicity the NSA has gotten, is just a little too cute.

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Jaxk's avatar

I’m sure its purely coincidental.

YARNLADY's avatar

Unfortunately, probably real.

filmfann's avatar

It’s probably real, but I understand how you feel. Bush used to sound the alarms whenever an election was near. I am pretty sure he just did it to ensure the outcomes.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Real I’m afraid, al Qaeda likes memorable dates. Sounds like in some reports the actual place my have been known. The travel alert and closing down 22 embassies and consulates is a major thing.

snowberry's avatar

It seems SOMEONE thinks it’s real, considering all the practice raids going on all over the country and all of a sudden. I think they’re related.

zenvelo's avatar

Question based on false connection between events. You seem to confuse concern over domestic surveillance with concern about foreign threats. How would shutting down Middle Eastern embassies be demonstrative of a domestic threat?

How can you make that connection? And since people have known about NSA data collection for decades, why are you concerned about it now? People who say they are shocked now will be even more surprised that, “heavens, did you know people break the speed limit on the interstate?”.

elbanditoroso's avatar

@zenvelo , to listen to the NSA people, they listen to conversations in the USA to learn more about terrorist events around the world.

Therefore, my question does not confuse anything. You make false assumptions.

rojo's avatar

My guess, and that is all it is, false. Another scare tactic to justify the governments actions.

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