Monday September 4, 2006

I've Been Thinking:

British counter terrorism personnel have said that they are currently running at least 70 investigations.
That means they are investigating thousands of people.
This week-end alone they conducted numerous raids.

They are working hard at arresting more potential terrorists.
They are casting their nets and catching some pretty important fish.
They are leaning on people involved in recruitment and training camps.
They are shutting down some valued terrorist assets.

Most of the first intel comes from hot tips.
Then comes finding and bribing informants.
Sometimes they can place their own agents inside terror networks, but that takes much longer so paid informants are a better bet.

Unfortunately, England has learned the hard way. They now realize that they must invest enormous sums of time and money in order to infiltrate terror cells and then break them up.

Britain is looking for homegrown terrorists.
Right now, that's the way to go.