July 19th, 2006

Daniel Hopsicker’s latest article…

Revelations in the case of the Lebanese man accused of being the ringleader of a plot to bomb the PATH Tunnels in New York City to deluge lower Manhattan and Wall Street in a torrent of water have begun to shed light on other terrorism investigations in the U.S., perhaps even on the very nature of the terrorist threat.

As many as a dozen relatives of Assem Hammoud have already been accused or convicted in the U.S. of terrorist-related crime, The MadCowMorningNews has learned, members of what has been called the Hezbollah-Hammoud Syndicate in Detroit. Their number includes a self-admitted member of Hezbollah in Sarasota questioned by law enforcement authorities in late September of 2001 about his suspected foreknowledge of the 9.11 attack.
(read the full article)

In the years since 9/11 I have researched nearly every alleged “terror plot” and determined most of them consist of an single FBI informant who entraps several dupes into merely speaking of carrying out an attack. Due to time restraints, I have not yet had the opportunity to examine the Holland Tunnel “plot” so I was excited when I heard that Hopsicker had been looking into it.

Hopsicker delivered his latest article on the assumption that these alleged terror plots all represent credible threats. While I disagree for the most part, it does appear that Assem Hammoud has many dubious connections. However, during the process of enumerating these links, Hopsicker deploys quite a bit of conjecture. Reader discretion is advised.

-Culhavoc