Would Be Al Qaeda Terrorist Indicted

...USA Today has the story, but sets it up as "nothing to see here, move along."

Prosecutors say Ahmed Omar Abu Ali, 24, of Falls Church joined al-Qaeda in 2002 while studying in Saudi Arabia and that he discussed possible terrorist operations, including a plot to kill Bush either by shooting or by a suicide bombing.

Prosecutors also allege Abu Ali discussed plans to assassinate members of Congress and to hijack aircraft and fly them into U.S. targets.

The new indictment adds counts of conspiracy to assassinate the president, conspiracy to commit aircraft piracy and conspiracy to destroy aircraft. Previously, those allegations were included in a general charge of conspiracy to support terrorist organizations.

The aircraft piracy charge carries a mandatory minimum of 20 years in prison and the count alleging assassination conspiracy carries up to life in prison if convicted.

I got this story from an email sent by Tom Blumer of BizzyBlog who says:

Given the content, what a non-revealing POS headline, worded
so that readers who don't go past the headline will just think it's
your average crackpot who thought about killing the Prez.

And you can quote me on that.

I think I just did.

And Tom is right. This is a big story and I'll bet that you won't hear about it all on the evening newscasts.

There is a threat living amongst us and we must remain ever vigilant against it.

Competence matters...