OK, It’s Conspiracy Theory Time
June 23, 2006 – 10:58 amUPDATED
The New York Times runs a front page story on bank data being used to help find terrorists. This is published in the print edition this morning and online last night.
Last night, the Attorney General announced indictments against 7 suspected terrorists in Miami who are thought to have been planning attacks on both the FBI’s Miami offices and the Sears Tower, America’s tallest building, in Chicago.
The conspiracy theory? They were sitting on the story, waiting for something that could be construed as favorable to the administration, so they could publish this as counter-point.
At the press conference today with Tony Snow (transcript will be and video are available here later), the questions were all about the banking leak, nothing about the Miami 7.
Someone Bob Sellers* on Fox News noted that the bank story was front page in the Gray Lady, but the Miami 7 story was buried somewhere in the 20s.
(*thanks to Kim Preistap @ Wizbang who also noted this)
Shows you where their priorities lay doesn’t it?
UPDATE! Kim Priestap has a good roundup on the banking story here.
3 Responses to “OK, It’s Conspiracy Theory Time”
Interesting take on the story, Kimsch! I was wondering if some of their own financial transactions were making them squirm. They are more popular with jihadis now than even Al Jazeera.
By Kathy on Jun 23, 2006
I agree that they probably sat on the story, but I don’t think it was the breaking news about the group down in Florida. I think this is revenge pure and simple by the leaking BDS-suffering rogue CABAL of the CIA who were also responsible for the NSA leak and others. The VIPs group who are/were involved with Mary McCarthy, et al. They were getting even for the trouncing and embarrassment the “cut and run” crowd took in the Congressional votes the other day.
By Sara (The Squiggler) on Jun 23, 2006