When you've been banging the bell, and the blatanly obvious becomes real, there's no reward

al-Qaida Has Rebuilt, U.S. Intel Warns

Beginning in March 2006, this writer has warned, and Warned, and WArned, and WARNED, not just that Wazirisitan and the lack of responsible conclusion making in this govt was going to cause REAL PAIN, and I am talking about Dems and Repub, but about the lack of genius it takes to MAKE the obvious, ineluctable, unavoidable, compulsory conclusions that this entity 's existence causes....sort of like NIGHT following DAY.

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence analysts have concluded al-Qaida has rebuilt its operating capability to a level not seen since just before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, The Associated Press has learned.

The conclusion suggests that the group that launched the most devastating terror attack on the United States has been able to rebuild despite nearly six years of bombings, war and other tactics aimed at crippling it.

Still, numerous government officials say they know of no specific, credible threat of a new attack.

A counterterrorism official familiar with a five-page summary of the new government threat assessment called it a stark appraisal that will be discussed at the White House on Thursday as part of a broader meeting on an upcoming National Intelligence Estimate.

The official and others spoke on condition of anonymity because the secret report remains classified.

There is not the slightest joy in this outcome being exactly what was predicted. But who will pay the the stupidities as blatant as these?

WHO? Somebody needs to pay.

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