"I had thought I would be sentenced to death based on the emotions and anger toward me for the deaths on Sept. 11, but after reviewing the jury verdict and reading how the jurors set aside their emotions and disgust for me and focused on the law and the evidence ... I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors."

ROTFLMAO... If this isn't a victory I don't know what is. I hope this story receives broad coverage in the Middle East.

Moussaoui Asks to Withdraw Guilty Plea - Yahoo! News

New York City's police department is placing 500 surveillance cameras throughout the city, at a cost of $9 million, in an effort to prevent crime and terrorism.

Give up your liberty so you'll be able to see pictures of what the suicide bombers looked like on TV.

Boing Boing: NYPD installing lots of surveillance cams -- but don't snap back.

To those of you who don't know, our country has never been served by a more competent and professional military. For that reason, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's recent statement that "we" made the "right strategic decisions" but made thousands of "tactical errors" is an outrage. It reflects an effort to obscure gross errors in strategy by shifting the blame for failure to those who have been resolute in fighting. The truth is, our forces are successful in spite of the strategic guidance they receive, not because of it.

TIME.com: Why Iraq Was a Mistake -- Apr. 17, 2006 -- Page 1

One of the jihadist Web sites cautioned its readers to "Beware of Google!!!" with specific warnings about its relatively new product Google Toolbar...

The posting advised Internet cafe users to set up a proxy -- a software program that erases digital footsteps such as Web addresses or other identifiable information -- before Web surfing...

"This kind of tradecraft is essential to survival," Hoffman said.

And now, your moment of zen....

"From a jihadist perspective, they are absolutely right. They should avoid Google like the plague," Brandt said.

Terrorists' Web Chatter Shows Concern About Internet Privacy

Terrorists can not destroy America. Every day we articulate a long war, every time we pretend we are fighting for our survival we not only confer greater power and importance to terrorists than they deserve but we also at the same time act as their main recruiting agent by suggesting that they have the slightest potential for success.

A response to the long war. There are good points and bad points in this.

Early Warning by William M. Arkin - washingtonpost.com

The "Long War" is the name Washington is using to rebrand the new world conflict, this time against terrorism.

I wonder if they are poking at the worst Wired article ever? Can Wired PLEASE run a Long War issue with an unhappy face on the cover!? Please, Please, Please??? Anyone on speaking terms with Kevin Kelly??

And now, your moment of zen:

"I'm an artillery officer, and I can't fire cannons at the internet," he says, referring to what he sees as one of the key weapons of the modern age.

BBC | Planning the US 'Long War' on terror

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales suggested on Thursday for the first time that the president might have the legal authority to order wiretapping without a warrant on communications between Americans that occur exclusively within the United States.

"I'm not going to rule it out," Mr. Gonzales said.

Gonzales Suggests Legal Basis for Domestic Eavesdropping - New York Times

We have fomented civil war in Iraq. We have probably fomented internecine war in the Muslim world between the Shias and the Sunnis, and I think Bush may well have started the third world war, all for their own personal policies.

Delta Force founder - 'our credibility is utterly zero'

Googling around for Younis Tsouli produces some interesting links including this one:

TrackingTheThreat.com is database of open source information about the Al Qaeda terrorist network, developed as a research project of the FMS Advanced Systems Group. Our goal is to apply new technologies and software engineering approaches to open source intelligence while providing researchers and analysts with information about Al Qaeda.

This site has some interesting features:

Use the Network Navigator to perform graphical link analysis on the Al Qaeda network.

trackingthethreat.com

When the trend is not your friend: Do not catch a falling knife !

The Wall Street Journal (free) looks at the most recent Presidential polling data.

There are pawns being placed to prevent us from falling into a trap...

Growing Anxiety About Iraq Threatens Republicans