Bloomberg's New York subway tip a hoax
(11.10.2005)

It has now been revealed that the information given to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, which led to increased security for the City's transit system, was a hoax.

The Iraqi "source" who provided the information also gave details of potential Al-Qaeda suspects. This prompted a military operation and three people were arrested.

However, after being interviewed (with the help of lie detector tests), it was clear that they knew nothing about the alleged plot.

Apparently, the Iraqi informant had provided some accurate information in the past and this is why his latest information was taken seriously.

Unfortunately, an informant who is paid to provide information will do just that, especially if he knows what information people want to hear. Hopefully, this source will not be used in the future.

We wonder whether much of the information that is given out about security threats are obtained from similar sources? Clearly the informant had no proof to back up his claim and the intelligence agents who collected this information have put the New York public under a great deal of stress on just a man's word.

Perhaps Bush and Blair also gained their information about Iran having links to Iraq in much the same way?

 

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