Yep. False flag.
HOMELAND INSECURITY
FBI hunts American citizens trained overseas for terror
Feds launch dragnet to stop 'October surprise' attack
Posted: September 29, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Aafia Siddiqui, alleged al-Qaida "fixer" whose interrogation has the FBI on alert
As Pakistani investigators hunt the terrorists behind the massive Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad, FBI agents in the U.S. have begun aggressively hunting for Americans who have recently returned from trips to Pakistan where they may have trained at al-Qaida camps, WND has learned.
A coast-to-coast dragnet has been launched partly in response to leads developed in the arrest of one of al-Qaida's "fixers" in the U.S., say FBI officials. They report the bureau is in a race against time to identify Pakistan-trained sleeper cells and disrupt a possible pre-election "October surprise."
For the first time since 9/11, counterterrorism field agents have been authorized to spy on young Muslim men and women - including American citizens - who have traveled to Pakistan without any specific evidence of wrongdoing.
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