Terrorists May Have Passed Through Iran

"I think the count is about eight of the hijackers were able to pass through Iran at some point" (John McLaughlin, acting CIA Director).

Ladies and Gentlemen of the World, we face a clear and present danger. After all, Tehran could deploy chemical or nuclear weapons within 45 minutes* so we simply must kill thousands of innocent Iranian people. We have reason to suspect these same people used an 'Around the World' ticket, bought from STA travel in Bristol, and also flew through North Korea and Saudi. Naturally, these three places must also be considered targets.

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* 45 minutes is based on the following information:

1) The hour in which the 45 minutes falls is actually a leap year (hence lasts 527100 minutes) and so actually takes three quarters of that, making it 395325 minutes to deploy such weapons
2) Iran must actually possess such weapons
3) It must be a tuesday
4) France and Germany cannot be overly obstructive
5) Bush must be elected for a second term
6) So must Blair
7) The latter must still like sniffing the former's backside
8) All persons must be in possession of a valid National Identiy Card

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If I may re-quote, with some emphasis added:

"I think the count is about eight of the hijackers were able to pass through Iran at some point" (John McLaughlin, acting CIA Director).

1) "think" - shouldn't you know?
2) "about" - shouldn't that be "exactly"
3) "were able to" - shouldn't that be "did"
4) "some point" - shouldn't that be "a time immediately prior to arriving in the US".

If I, a computer geek, can spot 4 serious problems in one sentance of "intelligence", it's little wonder that 'questions are being raised' about previous work from organisations such as this.

Shouldn't the US be worrying about how these people got into the US? I mean, passing through a country is one thing, but actually arriving there is another. First up, how on earth did those wily terrorists get past the "I am not a terrorist" checkbox on that stupid green form you have to fill in to get into the US? Get a bloody grip.