CIA Boss Says New Al-Qaeda Are White Westerners
Cites no evidence to substantiate claim

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Monday, March 31, 2008

Citing absolutely no evidence whatsoever, CIA boss Michael Hayden told NBC's Meet The Press yesterday that Al-Qaeda is training new fighters that "look western" and could easily cross U.S. borders, in the latest attempt to re-focus the mammoth apparatus of anti-terror against the American people.

"They are bringing operatives into that region for training -- operatives that wouldn't attract your attention if they were going through the customs line at Dulles (airport outside Washington) with you when you were coming back from overseas," Hayden said.

"(They) look western (and) would be able to come into this country without attracting the kinds of attention that others might," he added, with Reuters forced to point out that Hayden offered nothing to substantiate his claim.

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The talking point that the new Al-Qaeda are white westerners has been circulating since at least the start of the year.

On January 14th, Fox News interviewed ex-CIA spook Mike Baker, whose company Diligence LLC has close ties to the Bush administration and just happens to butter its bread with the aid of a steady supply of global unrest and terror hype.

Baker told Fox's Brian Kilmeade that al Qaeda looks for operatives who can fit in, just as the CIA does, saying, "If they can recruit a Scandinavian, that's the holy grail for them." He added, "They need people who can move around freely and do their bidding," apparently implying that blue-eyed blondes are the people who blend most seamlessly into Western society.

However, Baker dismissed Kilmeade's suggestion that al Qaeda would be
particularly interested in recruiting in US prisons. "To go into a
prison and try to recruit individuals -- that person's already tainted.
What they really need, they need people who haven't run afoul of law
enforcement in the past. ... Their problems are extreme in trying to
recruit someone who can go out there and carry out their business."
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