...Why didn't law enforcement or our government make the public aware of thee potential threats if Anonymous discovered evidence of multiple, planned attacks and then they handed over the information to the CIA/FBI and others?

Why are we hearing about this through Raw Story, and not larger media outlets, and just now?

therefore the info isn't true. I believe that they would prefer something to happen and they were warned but not verified than to be caught putting out information on an action that may not happen.

Example: Why don't the tornado sirens go off as soon as a warning has been issued? Most localities require that a law enforcement officer verify that a tornado is indeed on the ground before they will turn the sirens on.

You see the agencies get complaints when people are bothered needlessly. It is better to die than to be woken up by a false alarm.

Weird huh?

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...of not sounding the tornado siren and warning people.

There is enough evidence to put information out there. They don't have to say that attacks are imminent. Just say that possible, Intel has been gathered about possible threats.

Esp the attack in Atlanta. If I had plans to attend, I'd sure want to know.

Like you said. It's weird.

A tornado siren is not sounded until there is a tornado spotted with its track going in that direction.

from the National Weather Service because a deputy has not driven out to the location and spotted it.

I have never lived in tornado alley -- Southern Indiana where I went to college was the closest and that was over 40 years ago.

.....people here would be posting about fear, terra, 24/7 mind ops, etc.

There is no winning for losing when you're the government.

Think about it -- ISIS and any other group could then bring the country to complete paranoia - all by speaking of threats, without doing anything. They could effectively stop every sports, entertainment, political event. Though what would it mean if the government put out a statement that flights out of (insert your local airport) during the Thanksgiving/Christmas season have been threathened. How do YOU use that information. The way the government uses it is to increase the security checks. (Anyone who travels much has seen that the lines flow much faster some of the time than others.)

Just remember what the word TERRORIZE means. You can achieve it if you create a situation when people are always afraid. (Remember how Bush manipulated this in 2003 and especially 2004. A good case can be made that in 2004, the Bush administration itself terrorized the country with many of its terror warning - more correlated to their political situation than real new threats.)

about some holiday or event but nothing happened.

So it seems like sometimes they do it and sometimes they don't.

If they put out threat information rarely - people might actually be more observant when they do and more likely to report anything weird. I would assume it is a careful balance.

attack is imminent maybe they plan on using that information to apprehend the attackers before it happens. Whereas if they release the information it could scare the attackers off for the time being only to attack later.

This is a tough call. Yes the temptation is there to warn people so they won't be in harm's way. Yet they are also trying to catch the terrorists. I'm glad I'm not the one who has to make that decision.

...those would be tough calls for law enforcement to make.

you'll find lots of interesting information.

DU - it's not my main source for news.

...any suggested alternative sites that you find useful, that would be most appreciated.

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I read a lot of different sites, mainstream and alternative, liberal and conservative, foreign and domestic.

The sites I like best are the ones that allow readers' comments because sometimes you find information that you wouldn't find on your own.

Sometimes it can be very frustrating if you disagree with the majority of the comments, at other times you can get a pleasant surprise.

I also used to google newspaper sites in other countries.

There are plenty of lists that give you links to English language newspapers from overseas.

And the fact that they would go to Red when it seemed to be a political threat because nothing ever happened. That is always the danger in the U.S. We have a tendency to laugh and "There they are crying wolf again". I don't know how they would really do something if they knew. Belgium essentially declared marshall law and locked everything down to search. I don't know if we would stand for it.

It's about the spectacle, I'm sure they don't want another underwear bomber.