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November 29, 2005
Storm Troopers in Miami
From the files of Police State, USA:
Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant.
Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats.
"This is an in-your-face type of strategy. It's letting the terrorists know we are out there," Fernandez said.
The operations will keep terrorists off guard, Fernandez said. He said al-Qaida and other terrorist groups plot attacks by putting places under surveillance and watching for flaws and patterns in security.
Police Chief John Timoney said there was no specific, credible threat of an imminent terror attack in Miami. But he said the city has repeatedly been mentioned in intelligence reports as a potential target.
Link via Drudge, who, at this time, has on his home page a photo of the Miami police, looking like nothing so much as SS/KGB storm troopers.
Ask any conservative about the encroaching police state, however, and you will be told that you're a paranoid leftist who's with the terrorists.
Posted by Mike Tennant at November 29, 2005 09:32 AM
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