dadiOH wrote:

The single goal of the administration was to prevent another
terrorist attack on the United States or U.S. interests abroad. To
do this, strategies were developed to disrupt or remove terrorist
access to financing, training, communication, safe harbors,
recruitment, equipment, and travel.
These strategies have proven successful.

Do you seriously think that they would be if anyone really tried? I
don't. _________________


Heh! Sorry if the facts don't fit your narrative.

Here's twenty off the top of my head:

December 2001, Richard Reid: British citizen attempted to ignite shoe bomb
on flight from Paris to Miami.

May 2002, Jose Padilla: American citizen accused of seeking
radioactive-laced "dirty bomb" to use in an attack against Amrica. Padilla
was convicted of conspiracy in August, 2007.

September 2002, Lackawanna Six: American citizens of Yemeni origin convicted
of supporting Al Qaeda after attending jihadist camp in Pakistan. Five of
six were from Lackawanna, N.Y.

May 2003, Iyman Faris: American citizen charged with plotting to use
blowtorches to collapse the Brooklyn Bridge.

June 2003, Virginia Jihad Network: Eleven men from Alexandria, Va., trained
for jihad against American soldiers, convicted of violating the Neutrality
Act, conspiracy.

August 2004, Dhiren Barot: Indian-born leader of terror cell plotted
bombings on financial centers.

August 2004, James Elshafay and Shahawar Matin Siraj: Sought to plant bomb
at New York's Penn Station during the Republican National Convention.

August 2004, Yassin Aref and Mohammed Hossain: Plotted to assassinate a
Pakistani diplomat on American soil.

June 2005, Father and son Umer Hayat and Hamid Hayat: Son convicted of
attending terrorist training camp in Pakistan; father convicted of customs
violation.

August 2005, Kevin James, Levar Haley Washington, Gregory Vernon Patterson
and Hammad Riaz Samana: Los Angeles homegrown terrorists who plotted to
attack National Guard, LAX, two synagogues and Israeli consulate.

December 2005, Michael Reynolds: Plotted to blow up natural gas refinery in
Wyoming, the Transcontinental Pipeline, and a refinery in New Jersey.
Reynolds was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

February 2006, Mohammad Zaki Amawi, Marwan Othman El-Hindi and Zand Wassim
Mazloum: Accused of providing material support to terrorists, making bombs
for use in Iraq.

April 2006, Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee: Cased and
videotaped the Capitol and World Bank for a terrorist organization.

June 2006, Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar
Herrera, Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin, and Rotschild Augstine: Accused
of plotting to blow up the Sears Tower.

July 2006, Assem Hammoud: Accused of plotting to bomb New York City train
tunnels.

August 2006, Liquid Explosives Plot: Thwarted plot to explode ten airliners
over the United States.

March 2007, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: Mastermind of Sept. 11 and author of
numerous plots confessed in court in March 2007 to planning to destroy
skyscrapers in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Mohammedalso plotted to
assassinate Pope John Paul II and former President Bill Clinton.

May 2007, Fort Dix Plot: Six men accused of plotting to attack Fort Dix Army
base in New Jersey. The plan included attacking and killing soldiers using
assault rifles and grenades.

June 2007, JFK Plot: Four men are accused of plotting to blow up fuel
arteries that run through residential neighborhoods at JFK Airport in New
York.

September 2007, German authorities disrupt a terrorist cell that was
planning attacks on military installations and facilities used by Americans
in Germany. The Germans arrested three suspected members of the Islamic
Jihad Union, a group that has links to Al Qaeda and supports Al Qaeda's
global jihadist agenda.