Watch Out, Italians! Republicans Have You In Their Sites!

Just when you think you've seen it all --and you actually have seen it as a plot device on HBO's The Sopranos-- this ridiculous "Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain" crap goes mainstream:

FBI worries about al-Qaida ties to mob

By PAT MILTON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The FBI's top counterterrorism official harbors lots of concerns: weapons of mass destruction, undetected homegrown terrorists and the possibility that old-fashioned mobsters will team up with al-Qaida for the right price.

Though there is no direct evidence yet of organized crime collaborating with terrorists, the first hints of a connection surfaced in a recent undercover FBI operation. Agents stopped a man with alleged mob ties from selling missiles to an informant posing as a terrorist middleman.

That case and other factors are heightening concerns about a real-life episode of the Sopranos teaming with Osama bin Laden's followers.

"We are continuing to look for a nexus," said Joseph Billy Jr., the FBI's top counterterrorism official. "We are looking at this very aggressively."

Jeez! What do our counterterrorism agents really do all day?

TIVO their favorite TV shows and try to justify watching them on the job?

I hope you're happy, Italian Republicans. You're being used to divert America's attention this week (NIE reports, Woodward's book, Foley's sex scandal, etc.).

But the taint will linger, and you know it.

Hm. I wonder who's next on the Republican hit list.

Best bar bet in the world: Delilah didn't do it.
Judges 16:19-- And she made him (Samson) sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.