Front Page, Detroit News [FBI: No Mackinac plot; Ohio cops to drop charges. Two alleged terrorism cases involving men of Middle Eastern descent and bulk purchases of cell phones were in tatters Monday, and Arab-American leaders said the arrested men were victims of racial profiling.]
[The FBI and Michigan State Police said Monday there is no evidence linking three Texas men arrested in Caro, Michigan to terrorism or a plot to blow up the Mackinac Bridge.]
[And in Ohio, federal authorities said they were dropping felony terrorism charges against two Arab-American men from Dearborn.]
[Both cases were prompted, by suspicions the men aroused after buying large quantities of cellular telephones. Arab-American leaders and others said discounted cell phones are frequently bought and resold to make money.]
The way I see it, They are protecting us here, so we don't have to fight them there, or is it the other way around. Any more now a days, if the government doesn't know which end is up, how are we suppose to?
Update: [Nabih Ayad, lawyer for the men in Caro, said he would seek emergency relief today to have bail lowered and the charges dropped. He said he would use the statements from the FBI and State Police as evidence that the men had no terrorist intent.]
[ Ayad said there had already been repercussions for the families of the men in Dallas. "People are driving by and yelling, calling them terrorists.",he said]
According to the story, these guys in Ohio, were trying to earn money for college. Both of these guys are top students at Fordson High School in Dearborn. This is a travesty, nothing like trying to hold a good man down. Way to build great relations. These young men, by the way, just thought I'd mention they are American-born. Things like this happen, because of the idiotic mind set that our country is under now.