“Legion of Doom” al-Qaida call allegedly closed embassies

[Eugene]

Source: Salon

WEDNESDAY, AUG 7, 2013 9:46 AM EST

"Legion of Doom" al-Qaida call allegedly closed embassies

Conference call between 20 al-Qaida operatives was intercepted, in case you were
skeptical of NSA dragnets

BY NATASHA LENNARD

While there remains a dose of healthy skepticism surrounding the shuttering of embassies in the Middle East and elevated terror alerts in light of revelations that the NSA had been surveilling information on nearly every online and phone communication, the Daily Beast reports today that one intercepted phone call in particular prompted the embassy phone calls.

In ever-measured parlance ,an anonymous intelligence official speaking to the Daily Beast said that the call intercepted included 20 top al-Qaida operatives: “This was like a meeting of the Legion of Doom,” he said.

Which would make the U.S. national security agencies… the Superfriends? — It’s certainly one way to play out Chicago School-styled neo-liberalism.

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Related: Exclusive: Al Qaeda Conference Call Intercepted by U.S. Officials Sparked Alerts (The Daily Beast)

[Scuba]

1. Wait'll they discover it was a rehearsal for a SNL skit that never made it on the air.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I'm very afraid. Please take away any rights I might still have.

[wandy]

3. If their is one thing Ed Snowden has done that has ticked me off..........

He facilitated the return of Emmanuel Goldstein.
Wait I think I mean al-Qaida.

Screw it. What's the difference.

[libodem]

4. The 'al CIAda'

Don't touch our budget committee. Somebody's gotta make a living.

[BlueStreak]

5. And the NSA is provinding this detail to al Qaida, why?

Please explain why it is helpful to foiling that plot for the NSA to go out and publicly disclose exactly which meeting dialog they intercepted and how?

With "patriots" like the NSA, who needs "traitors" like Snowden and Manning?

[niyad]

6. "legion of doom"???? seriously??? isn't that from the marvel comic world or some such.

come ON, guys. surely you can do better than this.