Al-Qaeda Recruiting Western-Looking Operatives

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Al-Qaeda Recruiting Western-Looking Operatives

April 1, 2008 | ISSUE 44•14

Central Intelligence Director Michael Hayden said on Meet The Press that al-Qaeda was training operatives who "look Western" in order to pass undetected. What do you think?

Oh my god, my neighbor looks Western!

Nick Causey
Doorman
You mean someone who looks as white as Timothy McVeigh might be a terrorist?

Becky Teasley
Importer
Given the 10-year lag in pop-culture transference, the CIA should keep an eye out for terrorists who look like the cast of Mad About You.

Keith DelBueno
Database Administrator

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