Slight Exaggeration?
On a summer day last year, David Coleman Headley, like many fathers, took his children to a Chicago park.
There, Headley ran his children through military drills, including maneuvers such as rolling into a shooting position.
The observations — by an officer who had received counterterrorism training — became part of the case that was built against Headley, who four months later was charged in the 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai and with planning attacks in Denmark, according to law enforcement officials.
Then we read a bit further down:
New investigative teams have been created to generate tips about potential threats and also investigate them. Chicago has an officer permanently assigned to Washington for counterterrorism, and thousands of others are trained to spot terrorists, getting briefings on organizations like Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Chicago cops are working with other law enforcement agencies as part of a local FBI task force, and took a key role in the recent arrest of a man suspected of a bomb plot in Wrigleyville.
Even in a more sweeping international conspiracy such as Headley's, Chicago police took a leadership role in an investigation that led to his guilty plea last March.
"That was a prime example of how the Chicago Police Department has become an integral force against terrorism,'' said Patrick Daly, the chief of the department's counterterrorism and intelligence section. "We worked on this investigation 24/7.''
The FBI-run Joint Terrorism Task Force, which handles terrorism-related investigations in Chicago, has expanded significantly since Sept. 11, 2001.
Daly was an FBI agent when he joined the task force shortly after it formed in 1981. He was hired by Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis and created the department's counterterrorism and intelligence unit.
Labels: terrorism
posted by SCC at 12:03 AM
50 Comments:
Who the fk is the super secret officer in every district?
This article was a joke and very transparent. Right after Bush confirmed Sears tower was a target of Al-queda, Jody Weiss coincidentally goes to the press touting his fed Daly and that because of him cpd is so prepared and vastly active in anti-terrorism.
Citizens - it is a BIG FAT LIE!
I've heard it all.
who's the clout juice baby working in washington?
Fuck, now I know I got to replace those two hundred rounds I shot this week.
You whine about the lack of proactive policing. You whine about the one area we are covering. Make up your mind
Who in their right mind doesn't teach their kids basic ambush and search techniques?
Jihadist kids are getting it.
Some gangbangers have it.
These are vital skills that will be necessary to survive when the economic collapse and civil war come. An ugly fight for resources is coming that will take on many dimensions.
They also get quality firearms training.
Take home car, Sergeants pay, guaranteed minimum 20 hours OT/period. The slap in the face is that she is supremely unqualified for the position. Her Daley machine suck hole dwarf of a father collects a gold-braid pension and heads a major division of city services. He makes even more than Jfled, while suckling at the public trough, getting fat like the other hogs we feed. The female that she replaced at JTTF survived an on-duty gun battle which resulted in her being shot twice and death for one offender. Dumped simply to make room for the dwarf's daughter.
How about retired cpd boss t.b. who is now a streets and san boss. His daughter c.b. has been with jttf for a few years now. I wonder if she still thinks you can put two charges on one misdemeanor complaint?
Actually, this Daly is a good guy. Keep him. Get rid of the angry midget, his large headed superintendent and those civilians everybody talks about on this blog.
All I remember from TARA training is a good 9/11 documentary shown during the breaks. As for the rest of it, it was a joke.
Hey lets not forget a liason in every district...wow, that's news to me.
Everyone is in Full "SAVE JODI'S JOB - and therefore ours." Mode. Why are all these stories coming out ... resource realignment, zone captains, diverse police department, JTTF ect ....
Masters is the conductor of this Gravy train and all the civilians are on board (JFLED, Ladner, Daly, Brust) Too Bad JFled doesn't see that he and all the rest will be thrown from the train leaving Masters (of the Universe) alone with the new Mayor, hopefully he will move him away from the CPD and they will all be gone. Good Riddance, hang in there change is a coming.
The amazing thing is we had a really qualified officer. Before 9/11 he was responsible for arresting 5 terror suspects here in Chicago, even though some of the bosses let one or two go.
When the shit hit the fan, the Dept ingnord him, but the feds used him.
Heis retired now, laughing at the ineptness of the department
All of the information is accurate. The only part ommitted is what happens with information that becomes intelligence: it gets a classification of confidential, secret or higher which means it cannot be disseminated to the troops/street cops. Even though that information was generated by street cops.
After an attack that intel is released and the public looks at us as if we let it happen. "We" didn't, "they" did. This is commonplace in the military and LE world. The sharing of info/intel is frowned upon. It happens at all levels and it happens to handicap our ability to combat these attacks at ground level where it all begins.
Smoke and Mirrors. Intelligence Team this and couter terrorism secret spooks that. That's all fine and good if all you want to do is understand the enemey after they hit us. The info/intel needs to be disseminated to the ones that can make a real difference; the street level coppers.
This is a simple and pretty transperant solution to an age old problem. One that never gets solved. After 9/11, mountains of infromation was shared with the world about all we knew of the 19 highjackers. After the attack! Share that info before and we might have been able to prevent it from ever happening. Muhamed Atta was stopped twice without a drivers license just days before he flew a plane into Tower 2.
What will it take for us to be more proactive and start working in conjunction with each other? We have a vast and dedicated world of LE and Military capable of defending our great nation from future attacks. It cannot be done alone and it cannot be done without cooperative intelligence.
One would think "they" want us to be attacked again..
Funny how I've been on the job for 14 years and besides TARA training, have no knowledge of this counter-terrorism task force and if I saw some kids rolling around on the grass in the park I would think nothing of it. Same goes for everyone in my district. This must be a special secret unit createdin JFled's imagination to once again make him look good before he gets his ass kicked out of here!
Just talk to any of those guys in that unit, they will all try to convince you how dangerous that Wrigley Field bomber was. "He is the real thing". Yeah right, the paid FBI informant did a hell of a job riping that nut job! Well I guess years from now when the grand children of these "terrorism task force officers" area asked what did you do during the war on terror? They don't have to reply, "well I shoveled shit in Louisiana".BS
Anonymous Anonymous said...
How about retired cpd boss t.b. who is now a streets and san boss. His daughter c.b. has been with jttf for a few years now. I wonder if she still thinks you can put two charges on one misdemeanor complaint?
11/13/2010 07:35:00 AM
Is she still working them 4 hour days?With car weekends holidays off? The more things change the more they stay the SAME!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Take home car, Sergeants pay, guaranteed minimum 20 hours OT/period. The slap in the face is that she is supremely unqualified for the position. Her Daley machine suck hole dwarf of a father collects a gold-braid pension and heads a major division of city services. He makes even more than Jfled, while suckling at the public trough, getting fat like the other hogs we feed. The female that she replaced at JTTF survived an on-duty gun battle which resulted in her being shot twice and death for one offender. Dumped simply to make room for the dwarf's daughter.
11/13/2010 06:57:00 AM
Little tommy gets a pension of $135,000 Per year car and driver!
TARA ? What a joke. Taught by the clout(ed) and the clueless.
excatly, she was a 2 year wonder from the "big ol bike unit" knew nothing about any police work, still doesn't and has been w/jttf way past the original 2 yr limit! well limit for most but not all. This is why outside agencies need to see the best the CPD has to offer for these federal task forces and not the best connected. All they see is imcompetence.
Actually you did receive training on how to spot people conducting military training in TARA. Pick up the Manchester documents (AQ manual),do a little reading and educate yourself.
Daly's not as bad as j-fled and Brust, and frankly Klimas ain't that bad of a guy. Much better appreciation for the copper than the other three.
Anyone who would work on any fed taskforce is a true chumbolone!
If somebody says something to me about my kids roling around in a park. I'm gonna tell them to fuck off. Ad is some G-man wants to question me I will become one rich man. Give me a fucking break.
The clouted are well taken care of and we get scraps. Suck it up!
I have two cousins and three uncles who are the police in India. Their law enforcement is as big a joke is ours. They can't shoot a fleeing suspect or a fleeing felon, can't even threaten the bad guy with bodily harm, can't even give a bad guy a beat down, etc...
The only big difference, the bad guy if caught will do some serious time. They don't let them off easy like here. Oh and their prisons are NASTY.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Actually, this Daly is a good guy. Keep him. Get rid of the angry midget, his large headed superintendent and those civilians everybody talks about on this blog.
11/13/2010 08:58:00 AM
masters kid stay off our blog X3!
(OT) Heard from a good source when j-fled is gone the overpaid valets of burke,and neely (the treasurer girl who is sueing shilds via the pension fund for exposing her taking money deals),will be removed and sent back where they belong in the districts to bolster local activity. maybe we could learn from these LOL "security specialists',what type of cream goes into what type of coffee.how to properly open the paper,how to open and close doors! And maybe we could all work that schedule 2on 3 off like they do. As a matter of fact HEY FLOP WHERE IS THIS SCHEDULE,COULD WE VOTE FOR IT?
Actually you did receive training on how to spot people conducting military training in TARA. Pick up the Manchester documents (AQ manual),do a little reading and educate yourself.
We educate ourselves constantly, but the AQ manual wasn't presented at TARA when we took it youngster. We located that on our own time. Terrorism is a sort of fluid situation, constantly evolving, and the TARA training ought to be on a yearly refresher type schedule. But that would make sense, and the Department cannot abide sense.
Anonymous said...
All I remember from TARA training is a good 9/11 documentary shown during the breaks. As for the rest of it, it was a joke.
11/13/2010 10:01:00 AM
very good DVD about radical islam,
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West
Anonymous said...
(OT) Heard from a good source when j-fled is gone the overpaid valets of burke,and neely (the treasurer girl who is sueing shilds via the pension fund for exposing her taking money deals),will be removed and sent back where they belong in the districts to bolster local activity. maybe we could learn from these LOL "security specialists',what type of cream goes into what type of coffee.how to properly open the paper,how to open and close doors! And maybe we could all work that schedule 2on 3 off like they do. As a matter of fact HEY FLOP WHERE IS THIS SCHEDULE,COULD WE VOTE FOR IT?
11/13/2010 05:31:00 PM
If Neely loses her guards and drivers, who will be left to tell regular PO's at the airport "Do you know who the fuck we are?"
And that is 2 on 3 off for Sgt pay and if you are a Sgt, commanders pay.
You just don't seem to realize that an elected official like Neely gets imbued with the aura of royalty upon election.
And as far as I know, no one of any note is running against her. She will be City Treasurer again.
And if they try to take Burke's bodyguards away, he will produce an old bullshit order signed by a judge ordering the police department to provide him with protection.
It seems that many years ago someone called him on the phone and called him a damned stinkin' lace curtain Irishman and threatened to knock him in the head with a shillelagh. That demands round the clock police protection my friend!
The CPD is just a political Whorehouse joke when it comes to assigning these clouted cops to the best specialized Units. Everybody knows it. It follows the lead of the Democommiecrat party, "Smoke and Mirrors" not real results. Bullshit the masses, force them to drink the Kool Aid. The Mayor says it's good for you.
How about retired cpd boss t.b. who is now a streets and san boss. His daughter c.b. has been with jttf for a few years now. I wonder if she still thinks you can put two charges on one misdemeanor complaint?
11/13/2010 07:35:00 AM
That can't possibly be the same daughter that ran over the senior citizen in Rogers Park while as a recruit and her father, commander at the time, ordered the officer , who coincidently is serving time in federal prison, to destroy his ticket book and change accident report, after he wrote her.. could it? Too many skeletons in your closet Lil' Tommy Thumb!
Little tommy gets a pension of $135,000 Per year car and driver!
11/13/2010 12:59:00 PM
That runt belongs in federal prison he sleeps under the same federal protection blanket as DaMare!!!!
This city is preparing for Mayor Rahm, so hence the bullshit and media coverage hyping it all.
The Machine and the Golden One in the Oval office need to get Rahm in so now be prepared for city BEHIND THE TIMES is suddenly kicking ass. Yeah...
The Officer in Washington changes every month, sometimes every two weeks. They work at gathering intelligence along with Officers from other major cities on terrorism incidents that may affect Chicago and the midwest and yeah, it's a good deal.
The manual was passed around in class and emailed to those that wanted it. Ironically it was done by an instructor whose father was captain.
Actually you did receive training on how to spot people conducting military training in TARA. Pick up the Manchester documents (AQ manual),do a little reading and educate yourself.
11/13/2010 03:37:00
Is that what you call good training? Pick up a manual and do some reading? Just like turn on a streaming video during roll call(with the sound off) and be considered trained. lol what a joke
If any of you REALLY want to know about TARA or terrorism there is a female civilian at the Academy who is extremely knowledgeable. I beleive that she was instrumental in helping to develop the original TARA program. She keeps up to date and informed about terrorism related issues. Give her a call for any questions, I am sure that she would be glad to assist.
If any of you have ever been to New York City and observed all the things that the NYPD is doing to remain vigilant and alert against terrorism threats there, you'd all be overwhelmed with a strong sense of futility in comparison to what the CPD is NOT doing. Tourist areas are flooded with cops. Strategic swarming of subway stations or areas of high potential of terrorism threat occur daily, utlizing their Command Van, canine units, etc. I've heard that Pat Daly is a good, well trained agent in this stuff. If he's sober, I assume he could be useful to a future regime. But Weis, 3M and all of the Asst. Supts., Deputy Supt. and 'meri-clout-orious civilian/retired Sgt. Exempts are nothing more than a huge drain on limited Dept. funds, and should be dumped ASAP.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
(OT) Heard from a good source when j-fled is gone the overpaid valets of burke,and neely (the treasurer girl who is sueing shilds via the pension fund for exposing her taking money deals),will be removed and sent back where they belong in the districts to bolster local activity. maybe we could learn from these LOL "security specialists',what type of cream goes into what type of coffee.how to properly open the paper,how to open and close doors! And maybe we could all work that schedule 2on 3 off like they do. As a matter of fact HEY FLOP WHERE IS THIS SCHEDULE,COULD WE VOTE FOR IT?
11/13/2010 05:31:00 PM
If Neely loses her guards and drivers, who will be left to tell regular PO's at the airport "Do you know who the fuck we are?"
And that is 2 on 3 off for Sgt pay and if you are a Sgt, commanders pay.
You just don't seem to realize that an elected official like Neely gets imbued with the aura of royalty upon election.
And as far as I know, no one of any note is running against her. She will be City Treasurer again.
And if they try to take Burke's bodyguards away, he will produce an old bullshit order signed by a judge ordering the police department to provide him with protection.
It seems that many years ago someone called him on the phone and called him a damned stinkin' lace curtain Irishman and threatened to knock him in the head with a shillelagh. That demands round the clock police protection my friend!
11/13/2010 06:30:00 PM
1) The city is in "budget crisis," mode but yet neely loaded up her detail,and then this year got all the coppers D-3 with substantial back pay checks,Isn't her top copper on her detail the same 1 whose wife is a dentist and her bogus dental alb got caught up ripping off patients and was target of federal probe? Why does someone no one knows or cares about have such a huge detail?
*Why does eddie burke have his own cpd camera outside his residence?
Why does eddie have such low water bills?Neighbor across street from honest ed has small home pays double what eddie pays why? Why does eddie always have 2 guys? he cannot sit in front seat and hold his own coffee,and open his own door?real man yea ok!
"....the TARA training ought to be on a yearly refresher type schedule. But that would make sense, and the Department cannot abide sense.
11/13/2010 05:57:00 PM"
quarterly, at a minimum.
however, as you stated.......
How about retired cpd boss t.b. who is now a streets and san boss. His daughter c.b. has been with jttf for a few years now. I wonder if she still thinks you can put two charges on one misdemeanor complaint?
11/13/2010 07:35:00 AM
That can't possibly be the same daughter that ran over the senior citizen in Rogers Park while as a recruit and her father, commander at the time, ordered the officer , who coincidently is serving time in federal prison, to destroy his ticket book and change accident report, after he wrote her.. could it? Too many skeletons in your closet Lil' Tommy Thumb!
11/13/2010 08:25:00 PM
R U serious??? and she is still on the job and LiL Tommy isn't in jail....holy shit tell us more!!
I would like to start off by stating that I am usually in agreement with SCC, but in this instance I must slightly disagree (sorry). Observations made by a police officer are a combination of experience, prior knowledge, location , company, affiliation , etc. Just like in a surveillance for dope we do not give up our surveillance location if it is still being utilized till ordered by a judge. Let's keep in mind that this is still an ongoing Tri-Continent (Asia , Europe, and North America) investigation. The children in the park doing drills maybe the only info that can be released at this time. We don't want to give the bad guys any ideas on our sucesses. I would like to applaud all the CPD,FBI, Military, and State Police that spend countless hours away from friends and family to keep America safe. From reading news articles on Headley it is my understanding that India only got access to him after we completed our questioning and the subject had pleaded guilty. As we have learned from the past POD cameras, computers, and machines can not replace an officers experience and street smart. I will agree with you SCC on the lack of counter terrorism training we receive as the second largest PD in the country.
Troops, Please don't rely on the Dept. to train you, if you are really interested in Counter-Terrorism (CT), please start researching the topic on your own. I became a CT liaison for my Unit (A/3) and got involved by reading vast amounts of research on their religion, culture, Techniques Tactics and Procedures(TTP's), politics, ideologies, etc. I'm now working in Afghanistan mentoring the Afghan Police on gathering intelligence and helping Coalition Forces capture high value Taliban targets. I plan on returning to CPD next summer and hopefully apply some of my experience back home. The point of all this is, we can never have too many people involved in CT, the greater the awareness, the greater the intel gathered, the greater our efforts will be to identify and disrupt these terrorist cells. One way to look at this threat is the same way you would look and a sophisticated street gang. Terrorists are criminals committing criminal acts, it's just not in the open (usually)on the street corner. Let me recommend a book to those interested; Terrorism & Political Islam. This book is used by the Military Academy at West Point in their terrorism studies center and will give you a good foundation to work on. I ask all LEO's to please keep an open mind to this very real threat and to be safe in your duties. God Bless our officers and the USA.
Sgt. Timothy Gilbert, Area 3 Det.
Wardak Afghanistan
Hey Tim,
You hit the nail on the head but keep missing the mark. All the intelligence, knowledge, equipment and know-how mean very little if it's not shared with the entire organization.
The more informed, trained, and experienced eyes o the street, the better your chances of recognizing and disrupting their criminal activities.
Thanks for your service brother and come home safe. Semper Fi! BD
Daly and Murphy are good guys who know their shit. Caluris on the other hand is full of shit. Caluris got a brief on a rather high profile homeland security matter and did nothing with the information. Three weeks later the shit hits the fan and his lack of action wasn't even addressed. Me thinks the Jewish community would want answers if they knew the details. And he's in charge of a Counter Terrorism Unit? God help us.
"Who in their right mind doesn't teach their kids basic ambush and search techniques?
"Jihadist kids are getting it.
"Some gangbangers have it...They also get quality firearms training."
--11/13/2010 05:45:00 AM
Ever noticed that every male child over age 8 in the Third World is carrying an AK-47 or a worn, shiny old FN-FAL?
This, while our Boy Scouts argue about the definition of "boy" and disallow Scout knives.
As one gangbanger said to me, "America a pussy."
SCC said...
Actually you did receive training on how to spot people conducting military training in TARA. Pick up the Manchester documents (AQ manual),do a little reading and educate yourself.
We educate ourselves constantly, but the AQ manual wasn't presented at TARA when we took it youngster. We located that on our own time. Terrorism is a sort of fluid situation, constantly evolving, and the TARA training ought to be on a yearly refresher type schedule. But that would make sense, and the Department cannot abide sense.
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The TLOC officer in every district has the responsibity to update the troops, in EVERY DISTRICT!!!
If he/she is not, then shine the lite on them!!
Thank you all for your interest in learning more about a subject matter that is definitely is affecting our well being and national interest.
Resesearch and development in conjunction with the Education and Training Division will make this possible by providing updates and mandatory training via E-LEARNING MODULES.
(at least this is me thinking)
let's see if my wishes come true!! :)
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