Al-Qaeda Recruiting Western-Looking Operatives

American Voices • Politics • al-qaeda • ISSUE 44•14 • Apr 1, 2008

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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