"In this country," Mueller said, "the FBI suspects there are several hundred Muslim extremists that focus mainly on fund raising, recruitment and training." But he said the greatest threat to Americans at home is al-Qaida cells in the United States that we have not identified.
Some of these cells, he added, have probably been in the United States since well before Sept. 11 . . .
I have a real problem with government officials making statements like that. .
What the hell does it mean? If they have proof of these people being here, then grab them and throw them in jail; if they're just "assuming" and "guessing" then they need to keep their mouth's shut and stop scaring everyone every couple months. .
I honestly do not see the value in these vague, nonspecific warnings and alerts other then government officials covering their asses just in case another attack does happen. . . standing up and saying "there might be an attack somewhere, some place, at some time but we don't have any real information and there's nothing anyone can do about it" is irresponsible, inflammatory, and useless.
I wish they'd spend more time and resources tracking down illegal aliens who have come into the country under student visas then disappeared and less time calling press conferences and running their mouths when they have no real info they can or are willing to share.