The Only Terrorist Attack KSM Didn’t Confess to Has Now Been Solved

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Plamegate continues, the surge in Iraq is tanking, U.S. attorneys say the administration bullied them to make political indictments. What to do?

Release information that terrorists have been caught, of course!

In addition to the absurd laundry list of confessions the government extracted (by questionable means) from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, today they’ve given word that Mohammed Bin Attash has confessed to planning the attack on the USS Cole. No word on when the confessions actually happened.

As SNL’s 80s character the Church Lady would say, “Well, isn’t that conveeeenient?”

My only question is, if we’ve got the guys who’ve planned every attack since the 70s, does that mean we no longer have anyone to take the fight to in Iraq?

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