Saudi student in Texas arrested on suspicion of plotting terror attacks

[JackieDan]

Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, was attending a small college near Lubbock, Texas. The FBI says he purchased chemicals and bomb components and kept a detailed journal outlining his targets, including former President George W. Bush's home in Dallas and dams in Colorado and California.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/sc-dc-0225-saudi-arrest-web-20110224,0,2336153.story

[Vessol]

In before it turns out the FBI had handlers watching him and helping him for years!

[sailingaway]

Yeah. And the patriot act is up for renewal. And some will say if he were caught by violating liberties, it makes violating rights A-OK.

[JoshLowry]

I'm surprised they would put Saudi in the title. I bet that term isn't used often on the national media.

[gls]

Yeah. And the patriot act is up for renewal. And some will say if he were caught by violating liberties, it makes violating rights A-OK.

It looks like the feds were tipped off by the chemical supply company. No doubt the use of his real name "Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari" raised some eyebrows. Thank God these guys are even more incompetent than the U.S. intelligence community.

[doodle]

Kind of strange report.

He further had collected the names and home addresses of three former U.S. military officers who had been stationed at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where Iraqi prisoners were routinely tortured and humiliated.
In addition, the 20-year-old Aldawsari allegedly kept a detailed journal about his plot and regularly posted blogs about his plans to kill Americans.