What Happened to the Terrorists? Miami & UK

[dapper]

There hasn't been much news on these guys. Are the are Qitmo? Are they being tortured? Have they disappeared to some island that Bush has setup for them?

All joking aside, has anyone been keeping tabs on this?

Thanks,
Dap

[MadMaddie]

1. Dap...that's a good question

I think they were fodder for the moment....

The DHS comes up with bullshit to scare the public when they they it is politically convenient....

They all should be prosecuted when this is all said and done....

Welcome to DU!:hi:

[AlCzervik]

2. i dunno but this is my prediction from back in june

i missed the date obviously but i think this is what the charges will end up being.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2353540&mesg_id=2353587

[C_U_L8R]

3. Moved on to Football Stadiums

Next stop.. Halloween.. BOO

[struggle4progress]

4. Man linked to Sears Tower plot working on weapons plea deal

The Associated Press
Published: October 4, 2006

MIAMI A Chicago man with ties to a group accused of seeking to join al-Qaida and plotting to blow up the Sears Tower and other buildings is working with prosecutors on a possible plea agreement to federal weapons charges ...

Khanbey, who was born Charles Stewart, is charged with illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Court records show he was convicted of rape in 1977 and attempted murder in 1973.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke scheduled a change of plea hearing Wednesday for Khanbey, but it was postponed until Oct. 25 to give more time for details of a plea agreement to be worked out, prosecutors said. Cooke said by then both sides should "be on the same sheet of music" in the case ...

Batiste, Lemorin and five others remain jailed without bail on charges of terror conspiracy and material support, which authorities have said included planning for attacks on the Sears Tower and government buildings in Miami, Washington and elsewhere. All have pleaded not guilty, with trial scheduled to begin March 5 ...

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/04/america/NA_GEN_US_Terrorism_Investigation.php

[struggle4progress]

5. ABC excitedly reported that the alleged liquid explosives gang ..

.. was financing itself through eBay sales, supposedly according to a Brit intel report, on which the Brits wouldn't comment ...

London Airplane Bomb Plotters Used eBay to Raise Funds, Built Detonators Inside AA Batteries
Posted: 9:01 AM, Oct. 13, 2006
By ABC News
http://www.krdotv.com/story.cfm?nav=news&storyID=1109

My personal guess would be this is disinfo, intended to justify broad spying on netizens, since I'm having a wee bitta trouble imagining how anyone could fund a big terror operation off eBay sales ...

[Imagevision]

6. Rove couldn't use it for election spin, (ineffectual)