4/23/13 - Hacked AP Twitter: 2 Explosions in White House, Obama Injured, Has 1.9 Millions Followers
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Mother of Bombing Suspects : The FBI Were Monitoring Him before The Attacks
Mother of Bombing Suspects Maintains ‘They Were Monitoring Him,’ ‘FBI rang me before attacks’
“What happened was a terrible thing. But I know that my kids have nothing to do with this. I know it. I am mother. I know my kids,” Zubeidat Tsarnaeva told Channel 4 News in Makhachkala, Dagestan. She said that Tamerlan, who apparently died in a gunfight with police on Thursday night, was being watched by the FBI before the attacks. “They were monitoring him and I know that because I used to talk to them,” she said. “They used to come to our house, like two three times. And then my son Tamerlan used to tell me that he used to talk to them too, because they called me once and they wanted his number and then at such moments.”
Tamerlan murdered his friend brandan mess and two other people in 2011 in waltham mass. after that they had the guy by the balls. he hadda do everything they said. this is about the same time he stops boxing goes back to russia to spy for the u.s. government. he was basically a slave for the government since 2011 because they had a triple murder charge hanging over his head.They benefit because it helps them push their agenda to have armed police EVERYWHERE and fill the skys with drones,
Boston Swat Teams Order Americans Out Of Homes At Gunpoint!
Boston Swat Teams Order Americans Out Of Homes At Gunpoint!
Boston Swat Teams Order Americans Out Of Homes At Gunpoint!
Shocking footage has emerged from Friday's lockdown in Boston, where police, federal agents, national guard troops and SWAT teams enforced door to door searches of everyone's home within twenty blocks as the entire city was placed under orders to stay off the streets.
The video, shot by a resident from their own house across the street, shows police barking orders at men and women as they order them at gunpoint to identify themselves, put their hands on their heads, and get out of their own home. They are then ordered to run down the street to be further frisked by police as scores of armed militarized cops look on.
The scenes look like something out of a disaster movie, with the backdrop of suburban America juxtaposed with what is essentially martial law playing out in full daylight.
The story floated in the mainstream media that the door to door searches were conducted with the voluntary consent of the residents of Watertown is clearly false. 9000+ Police locked down an entire city and went in with full force, with armored vehicles and combat gear, all to search for an injured 19 year old kid who turned out to be cowering in someone's back yard.
While armies of police roamed around people's homes and private property, Public transportation was shut down, businesses were forced to close, and a no-fly zone was enacted over Boston in an unprecedented show of force. boston bombing
At this point, as military helicopters buzzed over neighborhoods, the Fourth Amendment had ceased to exist in Boston, which quickly resembled a war zone.
The compliant mainstream media reported on the activity without alarm or question. Katy Waldman of Slate wrote an article claiming that under dire circumstances police can suspend 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable searches.
In exigent circumstances, or emergency situations, police can conduct warrantless searches to protect public safety. This exception to the Fourth Amendment's probable cause requirement normally addresses situations of "hot pursuit," in which an escaping suspect is tracked to a private home. But it might also apply to the events unfolding in Boston if further harm or injury might be supposed to occur in the time it takes to secure a warrant.
This activity, once again, sets a shocking precedent. Police and military are training in these circumstances every single day of the year. They are fully acclimatized to the process, as if it is completely normal. They do not hesitate in carrying out such orders, which are now being implemented whenever the authorities deem a situation to be an emergency.
This is what fully fledged martial law in America looks like.
Boston Swat Teams Order Americans Out Of Homes At Gunpoint!
Shocking footage has emerged from Friday's lockdown in Boston, where police, federal agents, national guard troops and SWAT teams enforced door to door searches of everyone's home within twenty blocks as the entire city was placed under orders to stay off the streets.
The video, shot by a resident from their own house across the street, shows police barking orders at men and women as they order them at gunpoint to identify themselves, put their hands on their heads, and get out of their own home. They are then ordered to run down the street to be further frisked by police as scores of armed militarized cops look on.
The scenes look like something out of a disaster movie, with the backdrop of suburban America juxtaposed with what is essentially martial law playing out in full daylight.
The story floated in the mainstream media that the door to door searches were conducted with the voluntary consent of the residents of Watertown is clearly false. 9000+ Police locked down an entire city and went in with full force, with armored vehicles and combat gear, all to search for an injured 19 year old kid who turned out to be cowering in someone's back yard.
While armies of police roamed around people's homes and private property, Public transportation was shut down, businesses were forced to close, and a no-fly zone was enacted over Boston in an unprecedented show of force. boston bombing
At this point, as military helicopters buzzed over neighborhoods, the Fourth Amendment had ceased to exist in Boston, which quickly resembled a war zone.
The compliant mainstream media reported on the activity without alarm or question. Katy Waldman of Slate wrote an article claiming that under dire circumstances police can suspend 4th Amendment rights against unreasonable searches.
In exigent circumstances, or emergency situations, police can conduct warrantless searches to protect public safety. This exception to the Fourth Amendment's probable cause requirement normally addresses situations of "hot pursuit," in which an escaping suspect is tracked to a private home. But it might also apply to the events unfolding in Boston if further harm or injury might be supposed to occur in the time it takes to secure a warrant.
This activity, once again, sets a shocking precedent. Police and military are training in these circumstances every single day of the year. They are fully acclimatized to the process, as if it is completely normal. They do not hesitate in carrying out such orders, which are now being implemented whenever the authorities deem a situation to be an emergency.
This is what fully fledged martial law in America looks like.
Harry Dent ~ Record DOW Is All Smoke And Mirrors - Why The Crash Is Coming In 2013
The FED has been artificially propping up the US economy since 2008, but this pattern is simply not sustainable. Our crushing debt burden and the approaching Demographic Cliff will wipe out millions in wealth and plunge the US into a depression needed to correct the overinflated markets. Our research shows the crash beginning in 2013 and seeing the DOW drop all the way to 3,300!
Harry Dent of HS Dent Investment Management explains why he predicts a market crash in the third quarter of the year and that the U.S. is headed towards bankruptcy. Stock Market.. an aging Bull Market? Real Estate Party Over? Invest In Gold? Europe Crash Impact? The Government Has To Fail... Survive and Prosper in 2013 with Harry Dent.
Harry S Dent is a financial newsletter writer and author , who is also the founder of HS Dent Investment Management, an investment firm based in Tampa, Florida. Mr. Dent's latest book is The Great Crash Ahead. Other books include The Great Depression Ahead and The Next Great Bubble Boom.
Irish Savers & Pensioners Have Just Been Cyprus'd!
Reggie Middleton published an Irish news story by Niall Brady that noted: "Pensioners who leave retirement funds in Irish banks have no protection from the deposit guarantee scheme that protects savers up to 100,000 Euro." Much of Middleton's story rehashes his previous reporting, which makes yesterday's article a bit confusing. Nevertheless, the IBRC precedent does indicate Irish pensioners should not rest easy.
Last February, the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC; previously Anglo Irish Bank) was placed in "special liquidation" -- basically, setting up a "bad bank" structure to deal with bad loans. Liquidation hasn't been without controversy, as pensioners lost savings. Middleton didn't provide a full citation on the Niall Brady story (elevate your game, Reggie). But Ireland does appear to be moving in the direction of not backstopping pensions, as the IBRC example indicates. We'll keep an eye on this story. Meanwhile, we'll keep our original excerpt from Reggie Middleton's website as is — even with it's problematic chronological layout and self congratulatory tone, which gets in the way of actually understanding the story. There has been no Irish-wide reneging on pensions under 100,000 euros held at banks — at least, not yet. A casual reading of Middleton's write-up might lead to that mistaken interpretation.
Boston Marathon Bombing Update Alleged Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Reveals Details of Attack
4/23/13 - Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apparently told authorities he and his brother had no direction from overseas.
GLENN BECK: BOSTON BOMBING A FALSE FLAG- EXPOSING Government COVER UP
GLENN BECK: BOSTON BOMBING A FALSE FLAG- EXPOSING Government COVER UP
Glenn Beck, a conservative media personality, has warned the U.S. government that it has until Monday to come clean about the Boston Marathon bombing cover-up.
What does Glenn Beck know that we don't regarding the Boston bombings?
According to Beck and published in BeforeIt'sNews.com, this could be the most important story that he has ever covered.
"What I know could make this the most important story of our lifetime," Beck said..
Beck said the government's response to the Boston Marathon bombing will determine if America lives, or America dies.
Beck indicated that there is crucial and significant information being withheld regarding an alleged "Saudi national" named Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi.
Ali Alharbi was immediately apprehended by local Boston police after the bombings, only to be released at the orders of Federal authorities before he was quietly and swiftly sent on a plane back to Saudi Arabia.
An important note here, according to BeiforeIt'sNews.com, is the term, 'Saudi national,' meaning Ali Alharbi holds a Saudi Arabian passport but there is no confirmation of him being a Saudi Arabian citizen.
This is often the case with covert operators in the field, some of whom hold up to five different passports and work for more than one intelligence agency.
Beck said on his radio show he has information that Ali Alharbi is a "bad, bad, bad man."
One interesting coincidence regarding Ali Alharbi: On the same day he was let go by local police in Boston, President Barack Obama broke itinerary for an emergency meeting in Washington with the Saudi Foreign Minister (to allegedly discuss the crisis in Syria), preceding the announcement of Alharbi's repatriation back to Saudi Arabia.
Hours after it was debunked, Glenn Beck continued to beat the drum of a conspiracy theory that the Obama administration is deporting a Saudi national who was behind the tragic bombings at the Boston marathon.
The conspiracy theory arose when Steve Emerson, a guest on Fox News' Hannity, accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of preparing to deport a Saudi national "person of interest" in the bombings at the Boston marathon. Right-wing blogs like Glenn Beck's The Blaze, Breitbart.com, WND, and Infowars quickly latched on to the story, alleging President Obama wishes to cover up Saudi Arabian and Al Qaeda ties to the attack.
The myth pretends that a Saudi national who was hospitalized after sustaining injuries in the bombing -- initially reported to be a "person of interest," though he never was -- is the same man DHS is allegedly in the process of deporting for visa violations.
DHS soundly discredited the conspiracy theory this afternoon, explaining to CNN's Jake Tapper that the rumors are confusing two very different men.
Still, hours later, Beck continued to run with the debunked conspiracy on his television program, claiming his "sources" knew better (emphasis added): We at the Blaze know that this Saudi national is a bad, bad, bad man ... This administration is playing an extraordinarily dangerous game. They have very little regard for what it takes to be a citizen. Before the sequester cuts happened, they opened the prison and let illegals out. Who does that? Remember also, the Saudi national that was -- is about to get on a plane -- involved in blowing the legs off of American citizens, being held in protective custody or being protected, at least, by our administration. He will be put in protective custody and the plans are to deport him.
Glenn Beck, a conservative media personality, has warned the U.S. government that it has until Monday to come clean about the Boston Marathon bombing cover-up.
What does Glenn Beck know that we don't regarding the Boston bombings?
According to Beck and published in BeforeIt'sNews.com, this could be the most important story that he has ever covered.
"What I know could make this the most important story of our lifetime," Beck said..
Beck said the government's response to the Boston Marathon bombing will determine if America lives, or America dies.
Beck indicated that there is crucial and significant information being withheld regarding an alleged "Saudi national" named Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi.
Ali Alharbi was immediately apprehended by local Boston police after the bombings, only to be released at the orders of Federal authorities before he was quietly and swiftly sent on a plane back to Saudi Arabia.
An important note here, according to BeiforeIt'sNews.com, is the term, 'Saudi national,' meaning Ali Alharbi holds a Saudi Arabian passport but there is no confirmation of him being a Saudi Arabian citizen.
This is often the case with covert operators in the field, some of whom hold up to five different passports and work for more than one intelligence agency.
Beck said on his radio show he has information that Ali Alharbi is a "bad, bad, bad man."
One interesting coincidence regarding Ali Alharbi: On the same day he was let go by local police in Boston, President Barack Obama broke itinerary for an emergency meeting in Washington with the Saudi Foreign Minister (to allegedly discuss the crisis in Syria), preceding the announcement of Alharbi's repatriation back to Saudi Arabia.
Hours after it was debunked, Glenn Beck continued to beat the drum of a conspiracy theory that the Obama administration is deporting a Saudi national who was behind the tragic bombings at the Boston marathon.
The conspiracy theory arose when Steve Emerson, a guest on Fox News' Hannity, accused the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of preparing to deport a Saudi national "person of interest" in the bombings at the Boston marathon. Right-wing blogs like Glenn Beck's The Blaze, Breitbart.com, WND, and Infowars quickly latched on to the story, alleging President Obama wishes to cover up Saudi Arabian and Al Qaeda ties to the attack.
The myth pretends that a Saudi national who was hospitalized after sustaining injuries in the bombing -- initially reported to be a "person of interest," though he never was -- is the same man DHS is allegedly in the process of deporting for visa violations.
DHS soundly discredited the conspiracy theory this afternoon, explaining to CNN's Jake Tapper that the rumors are confusing two very different men.
Still, hours later, Beck continued to run with the debunked conspiracy on his television program, claiming his "sources" knew better (emphasis added): We at the Blaze know that this Saudi national is a bad, bad, bad man ... This administration is playing an extraordinarily dangerous game. They have very little regard for what it takes to be a citizen. Before the sequester cuts happened, they opened the prison and let illegals out. Who does that? Remember also, the Saudi national that was -- is about to get on a plane -- involved in blowing the legs off of American citizens, being held in protective custody or being protected, at least, by our administration. He will be put in protective custody and the plans are to deport him.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Jim Rogers : America will Default within thirty Years
You’ve defaulted, but you’ve paid off the debts, but the people who receive that worthless money are not very happy. And that’s going to happen in the US. You’re going to see institutions that we’ve known in the US for decades are going to disappear, or totally turned over.
Lehman Brothers had been around for 150 years. Bear Stearns had been around 80 odd years, or something. You’re going to see more of that. You’re going to see more universities disappearing. Some of the Ivy League schools are essentially bankrupt, or we’ll find out that they’re bankrupt. So you’re going to have huge, huge turmoil, many museums, hospitals, art galleries, many things that we’ve known and loved, are going to be in serious trouble, disappear, and in the meantime you’ll have new companies, institutions rise.
Michael Savage Exposes Reality Behind Boston Terrorists, Attacks Mom, Brokaw, Immigration
The Obama administration said it had no choice but to prosecute Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the federal court system. Some politicians had suggested he be tried as an enemy combatant in front of a military tribunal, where defendants are denied some of the usual constitutional protections. But Tsarnaev is a naturalized U.S. citizen, and under U.S. law, American citizens cannot be tried by military tribunals, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Carney said that since 9/11, the federal court system has been used to convict and imprison hundreds of terrorists.
Boston Bombing Suspect Aunt Talks To Infowars: She Claims Set Up
4/22/13 - Maret Tsarnaeva was contacted for an interview by Dan Dicks Infowars Correspondent and editor of PressForTruth.ca. He had scheduled an interview with her but when he arrived she was hesitant about conducting an interview. He sent us the number and David Knight contacted her for a pre-interview and to schedule an interview with Alex Jones. That pre-interview was recorded on video. Alex then talked to Maret twice on the phone as she was now unwilling to conduct an interview. She felt people were listening to her phone and she made a point to say she was not being threatened. Alex wrote notes from the meeting and prepared this report.
Richard Gage & Mike Rivero : Boston Bombing Black Ops @ What Really Happened Radio Show: Monday, April 22 2013
What Really Happened Radio Show: Monday, April 22 2013 (Commercial Free Video) Richard Gage
April 22, 2013 Michael Rivero is the webmaster of http://whatreallyhappened.com/ and host of the What Really Happened radio shows on the Republic Broadcasting Network. Formerly with NASA, Michael transitioned his image processing skills (along with a brief stint as an actor) into the then-new motion picture computer animation field and has worked on films such as "Star Trek", "The Day After Tomorrow", and has supervised visual effects on "Brainscan," "LOST", and "Hawaii Five-0." Michael has taken a sabbatical from film work to focus all his efforts on peace activism. Michaels foray into blogging began before the word was even invented, and happened almost by accident when he spotted a suspicious photograph being broadcast on ABC news in 1994 related to the death of White House deputy Council Vincent Foster. Since that sudden beginning, Michaels website has expanded to cover diverse topics including the JFK assassination, the accidental shoot-down of TWA 800, election fraud, health issues, Saddams non-existent nuclear weapons, 9-11, the economy, and of course, the lies used to trick the United States into wars of conquest on Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Iran. Michael resides in Hawaii with his wife Claire, who is a composer and creates much of theme music used on the What Really Happened radio show.
Wayne Madsen ~ Boston Bombing Suspects Were Government Assets
On today's show, investigative journalist and author Wayne Madsen stops by to discuss the multiple red herrings in play in the wake of the botched Boston Marathon bombing operation.
[Rogers said the FBI stopped tracking Tsarnaev after an unnamed foreign intelligence service failed to cooperate with the agency's investigation.
Members of Congress have criticized the FBI for not placing Tsarnaev on a terror watch list after it was allegedly discovered that he had embraced radical Islam. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, an outspoken supporter of the war on terror, accused the FBI of failing to follow up on Tsarnaev.]
Boston Bombing : What You Aren't Being Told
In this video we are going to demonstrate that at the very minimum the authorities had prior knowledge of the attack and allowed it to happen, and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
I don’t believe the FBI – this story is all made up. They need to show proof. We need to investigate the FBI for transparency! They lied when they posted the pictures up of these SUSPECTS. The fbi already knew them since they interviewed Tamerlan. I don’t believe a word of it. The US government can do anything it wants. Killing these Muslims won’t make any difference to them. I’m pretty sure we will hear more cases with parents screaming that their kids were framed and set up by the FBI but we will never believe them. Simply because we believe that our Government would never LIE to us. WAKE UP AMERICA! They LIE and so does CNN.
A Retired Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army exposes Boston Black Ops Operation
Boston Black Ops Operatives:
Independent investigators uncover the government operatives involved in executing the Marathon bombing. Other information I present shows the desperation of opposing elements in our government at war with each other, and the American People.
Lieutenant Colonel Potter has served in various positions of military police and military intelligence around the world for 28 years, He claims that there is a war for power within the U.S. government for a power struggle that will bring the establishment down and establish the police state in America
Independent investigators uncover the government operatives involved in executing the Marathon bombing. Other information I present shows the desperation of opposing elements in our government at war with each other, and the American People.
Lieutenant Colonel Potter has served in various positions of military police and military intelligence around the world for 28 years, He claims that there is a war for power within the U.S. government for a power struggle that will bring the establishment down and establish the police state in America
BREAKING Glenn Beck Exclusive about the Boston Bombing the information is out!
Complete Set Up! The older brother was most likely called to meet an agent at a place near where the Bombs were going to be placed! He was told to bring his smaller brother because the smaller brother is always following the bigger brother! After the bombing the F.B.I was going to pin the bombing on the Saudi National but it didn’t work because the Saudi was connected to a Saudi Family who have five family members on a terrorist lists and most likely works for the Saudi’s Royal Family. The F.B.I. Then posts pictures of the two brothers on all news networks asking the public to contact the F.B.I. If anyone can ID them because they the F.B.I.could not. Which was a BIG LIE !
Breaking News Major Terrorist attack on Canada averted
Breaking News Major Terrorist attack on Canada averted - End Times News Update 22 April 2013
22 April 2013 Breaking News Major Terrorist attack on Canada averted - End Times News Update 4-22-13
TORONTO - A potential bomb plot on a Via passenger train over the Niagara River has been averted, police say.
The RCMP said Chiheb Esseghaier and Raed Jaser of Montreal and Toronto were arrested for planning the attack. The men are not Canadian citizens.
They were supported by al-Qaida "elements" in Iran, police told reporters at a Monday afternoon press conference.
Charges include conspiring to carry out a terror attack and conspiring to murder for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist group.
Police said there was no danger to the public, as the plot was discovered and stopped early.
"It was definitely in the planning stage, but not imminent," RCMP Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan said.
MORE: Toronto aunt of Boston bombing suspects receiving threats
The passenger train crosses the bridge that connects Canada and the United States at Niagara Falls, Ont.
U.S. officials said the alleged plot was not linked with last week's Boston Marathon bombings.
The arrests follow not only the Boston bombings but revelations that Canadians took part in an attack bymilitants on a gas plant in Algeria in January.
It also recalls the arrests in 2006 of the so-called Toronto-18, accused of planning to plant bombs at various Canadian targets.
However, RCMP Ass. Comm. James Milizia said the discovery of support from al-Qaida makes this plot even more significant.
The Alex Jones Show - Wayne Madsen, Joel Skousen : Monday, April 22, 2013 (Full Show)
The Alex Jones Show - Monday, April 22, 2013 (Full Show): Wayne Madsen, Joel Skousen
On the Monday, April 22 broadcast of Infowars Live, Alex Jones crashes through the lies of the Boston bombing narrative weaved to intentionally cause confusion and drum up support for a further stripping away of civil liberties. Alex also exposes what the other hand is doing while public attention focuses on a made-for-tv drama-like story being persistently waved in our faces. On today's show, investigative journalist and author Wayne Madsen stops by to discuss the multiple red herrings in play in the wake of the botched Boston Marathon bombing operation. Founder and chief editor of World Affairs Brief Joel Skousen also talks to Alex about the history of manufactured terror and how governments frequently employ this tried and true technique to enslave populations.
Canadian RCMP Disrupt Al-Qaeda Terror Plot
RCMP Confirm Al-Qaeda Supported Terrorist Attack Plot on New York - Toronto Passenger Train .The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested and charged two men with plotting an "al Qaeda-supported" terror attack to derail a passenger train inside Canada.
SkyNews. Canadian police say they have foiled an al Qaeda-backed "terrorist plot" to attack a passenger train on a railway line between New York and Toronto.
Two people have been arrested and charged for conspiring to carry out the attack and murder people in association with a terrorist group, police revealed at a news conference in Toronto.
The suspects - Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35 - had been under surveillance since August 2012.
They were allegedly planning to target a Via Rail passenger train in the Toronto area, and are alleged to have received "direction and guidance" from al Qaeda elements in Iran.
Police said there was "no indication that these attacks were state-sponsored" and declined to say where the arrested men were from, but confirmed they were not Canadian citizens.
Canadian authorities, the FBI and US Homeland Security police and agents have been involved in a year-long cross-border operation that led to the arrests in Toronto and Montreal.
Assistant Commissioner James Maliza, of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said: "Had this plot been carried out it would have resulted in innocent people being killed, or seriously injured."
Colleague Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan added: "We are alleging that these two individuals took steps and conducted activities to initiate a terrorist attack.
"They watched trains and railways in the Greater Toronto area."
She added: "It was definitely in the planning stage but not imminent."
Sky's US correspondent Amanda Walker said: "They are really hailing this as a successful operation - something particularly in the current climate - that they have managed to prevent.
"It does seem they have treated this as a very serious and major threat which was certainly well-on in the planning, it seems.
"But not far enough for the public or railway staff to be in any immediate danger.
"So obviously they had a difficult act here to actually balance the timing of when they made these arrests - getting enough intelligence, enough information, but not taking that up to the point when the public would have been in real danger."
The news comes one week after twin bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people and wounded 180 - and as Canada's parliament debates a proposal to beef up anti-terror measures.
A US Justice Department official in Washington said there was no connection between the thwarted terrorist plot and last Monday's attacks in Boston.
Breaking News From Canada ~ Al-Qaeda linked Terrorist Attack on Train Avoided
Al-Qaeda linked terror attack thwarted in Canada
According to Canadian authorities, an al-Qaeda linked terrorist attack was broken up on Monday. The plan was meant to disrupt a major transportation route from Toronto, Ontario Canada to New York City. RT's Meghan Lopez brings us the latest on the two suspects arrested.
Canadian Terror Plot Foiled! Plot to Derail Train Uncovered! - 4/22/13
4/22/13 - The RCMP have arrested two people in connection with a homegrown terror plot to derail a New York-to-Toronto passenger train on the Canadian side of the border, CTV News has learned. The suspects, one in Montreal and one in Toronto, were arrested Monday morning and "will face criminal charges," reported CTV's Ottawa Bureau Chief Robert Fife.
The arrests were part of an ongoing investigation conducted by the RCMP and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which "had been going on for a considerable amount of time," Fife said.
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RCMP arrest 2 in connection with alleged terror plot
The RCMP have arrested two people who they say were plotting a terrorist attack in Canada, CTV News has learned.
"I am told that the two people who have been arrested, they are linked somehow to al Qaeda," Fife reported Monday afternoon.
Fife said it remains unclear how the two are connected to the international terror organization.
The two people arrested Monday are not linked with two men from London, Ont., who died in an alQaeda-linked siege on a gas plant in Algeria last January. They are also not linked to the suspects in last week's deadly Boston Marathon bombing.
The public was "never at risk," security sources told Fife, because RCMP and CSIS were closely monitoring the suspects.
The suspects are described as being older, so "it does not appear to be a case of radicalization of youth," Fife said.
Fife said police had planned to make the arrests three weeks ago, but for unknown reasons they picked up the suspects on Monday.
The RCMP are expected to provide more information at a Toronto news conference scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET.
The arrests come as MPs debate an anti-terrorism bill that has been in the works for months but has taken on greater significance in the wake of the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon last week.
Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act, includes provisions that make it an offence to leave the country to participate in acts of terror. It also grants police the powers to pre-emptively arrest someone and hold them for three days without charge, and allows for imprisonment for up to 12 months for refusing to testify before a judge in an investigative hearing.
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