CIA and FBI Attack Warnings:
The Method and the Madness

By Jennifer Van Bergen-t r u t h o u t

April 27, 2002

The articles following this came out April 24th and April 25th respectively. One declares that the FBI has been alerted to “unconfirmed attack plans.” The other states that the CIA warns of Chinese plans for “cyber-attacks” on the U.S.

Naturally, I found these two articles disturbing. But the reason I found them disturbing was not because of the possible impending attacks. Instead, I found myself wondering why the FBI and the CIA were now issuing statements like this to the public. Isn’t it the job of these agencies to silently ferret out and thwart such attacks? Was the purpose of the publication of such information – of which no American can determine the accuracy – to thwart attacks? Or was it to drum up fear in the American public?

It feels ominous to me.

According to one investigative reporter, Kyle F. Hence, in an Open Letter to Selected Members of Congress, on April 24th, Congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham said on Fox & Friends that there is a “100% chance of being struck by Al-Qaeda before the end of the year.”

U.S. Representative Cunningham sits on the Select House Committee on Intelligence.

Hence points out that if a Congressman knows this much, one can presume the intelligence community knows more. And if the intelligence community has this information, “they must be on the trail and there is at least a good chance, especially with all [the] additional funding, that they will foil this plot.”

“So,” Hence asks, “how can Duke say with utter confidence that there is a ‘100% chance of being struck before the end of this year’ unless of course the intention is to let another attack happen?”

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