The Clueless ACLU

Follow up on an earlier post on the ACLU objections to pat-down security measures in the US, (before the mid-air terror plot was exposed.)New York Times:

“Pulling out liquid containers is a fairly easy step,” said Steven V. Lancaster, vice president of Guardian Technologies, of Herndon, Va., which makes detection equipment.But that presumes that the container was in a bag that went through an X-ray machine. The portals that screen people at the airports only detect metal. Hence being sure that there are no liquids will require more pat-downs of passengers.

Also, tracking wire transfers was critical in identifying the terrorists, perhaps this is why the president was so upset by the NY Times revealing this classifed info on the SWIFT network a few weeks ago--thanks a lot NY Times.New York Post:

Two of the men arrested are believed to have traveled recently to Pakistan and later had substantial sums of money wired to them, purportedly to buy airline tickets.British officials moved to freeze the assets of 19 men arrested, The Times of London reported.

The paper also said the wire transfers appeared to be the key that led authorities to bust the terror ring.

Another piece of the puzzle was tracked by calls made into the United States, according to the Washington Post:

A law enforcement bulletin issued Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI described the conspiracy as "international in scope" but said there was no evidence that the plotters or any accomplices had set foot in the United States. "This plot appears to have been well planned and well advanced and in the final stages of preparation," the bulletin stated.

One U.S. intelligence source, however, said some of the British suspects arrested had made calls to the United States.

So there you have it. If it were left up to the ACLU and their ilk, we would not have exposed this plot, and thousands of innocents would have died.

UPDATE: (Via RCP)And the NY Times in their editorial today continues to astonish, engaging in cheap partisan rhetoric at such a grave time for our country, while accusing others of it.

UPDATE II: Appeals court rules against NY ACLU.