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(NYPost) Asinine FBI suspects link between Osama bin Laden and The Sopranos. Seriously. "We are looking at this very aggressively," says bureau   (breakingnews.nypost.com) divider line 79
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Gosling [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 12:12:29 PM  
Headline is misleading. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

 
thamike 2006-10-01 12:39:50 PM  
Mob working with Al Qaeda. Obviously. "We are looking at this very aggressively," says bureau.

There's the proper headline, asinine submitter.

 
Gosling [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 07:01:36 PM  
Oh, and who exactly are the Sporanos?

 
elchip [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 07:38:30 PM  
Rabidly Islamic al Qaeda teaming up with Catholic mobsters? Cats and dogs living together in harmony?

 
Better Off Dead 2006-10-01 07:48:17 PM  
Now the mob can be labeled 'enemy combatants'.

/no trial baby.

 
LukeA 2006-10-01 07:48:33 PM  
Learn. To. Spell. And to speak English.

 
Dave L 2006-10-01 07:49:43 PM  
I though Bin Laden was a CIA guy anyway originally? Maybe they'd better look there for a nexus.

And Saddam, was he not CIA backed as well? Another nexus perhaps?

And what about that Bush guy and Rumbsfeld and all their business dealings with Saudis?

Nexi everywhere.

 
markfarker 2006-10-01 07:50:11 PM  
Organized crime?

Jack Abramoff unavailable for comment.

Isn't the Post owned by Murdoch?

 
Diggin 2006-10-01 07:50:13 PM  
The FBI needs to investigate Smitty

 
thatguyfred 2006-10-01 07:51:15 PM  
Yeah, next they'll be linking Osama to Bush and the CIA.... wait a second

 
Mad Scientist 2006-10-01 07:51:16 PM  
Budda al-bing, budda bin-boom.

/dirka dirka

 
thatguyfred 2006-10-01 07:51:59 PM  
Dave L: I though Bin Laden was a CIA guy anyway originally? Maybe they'd better look there for a nexus.

And Saddam, was he not CIA backed as well? Another nexus perhaps?

And what about that Bush guy and Rumbsfeld and all their business dealings with Saudis?

Nexi everywhere.

I would have beat you.. but I was putting food in the microwave.

 
mjsee [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 07:53:49 PM  
What Gosling said.

 
Dave L 2006-10-01 07:54:24 PM  
"I would have beat you.. but I was putting food in the microwave."

heheh - I was typing as fast as I could to get it as high up as possible.

Enjoy your food.

 
SaladMonkey 2006-10-01 07:55:33 PM  
So now FBI looks to television for leads?

Are they going to bomb heaven looking for WMDs next?

/south park reference

 
SaladMonkey 2006-10-01 07:56:32 PM  
to clarify: the latest season of sopranos featured the mob selling credit card numbers to arabic people who might be tied to terrorists.

 
studebaker hoch 2006-10-01 07:57:04 PM  
The mob is smarter than to sell terrorists WMD's. Bad for business.

/mmmmmmm organized crime....

 
Worst.Poster.Ever. 2006-10-01 07:57:05 PM  
Smitty fails at life.

/Sporanos? That's on before Under 6 Feet, right?

 
imcguyver 2006-10-01 07:57:45 PM  
the govt is out witch hunting for terrorists and if the govt suspects the mob is involved, the mob best be careful.

 
3dhuntdotcom 2006-10-01 08:01:10 PM  
Is it just me or did that page crash firefox? It happened to me twice. Im posting from my ubuntu machine.

 
justafarkingchef 2006-10-01 08:02:16 PM  
Here it is: everyone the GOP/government doesn't like is collaborating with Osama: the mob, the teamsters, drug lords, librals and whomever else they can think of. That way they can prosecute them all in one tidy package. Welcome to 1984 farksticks.

 
Fark Me Runnin 2006-10-01 08:03:06 PM  
Step 1: Find an article on the internet and come up with a mediocre headline.
Step 2: Go back and misspell a word in the headline and/or use incorrect grammar.
Step 3: Get greenlit.

 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 08:04:07 PM  
More pre-election back alley action... find osama... under which cup is osama... a winner every time...

 
Richard Pye 2006-10-01 08:09:07 PM  
Greenlighting articles with mispelled headlines makes you look stupid and lazy.

 
tandkquinn 2006-10-01 08:09:17 PM  
Noooooooooooo.... this is all about using the brand spanking new antiterrorism laws for routine law enforcement purposes. The fourth amendment surrenders, then moves to Canada.

 
studebaker hoch 2006-10-01 08:10:42 PM  
Here's the deal:

The more people that post on Fark, the better for business. Greenlighting an article with an obvious grammar/spelling error ensures that those who are interested in pointing out such mistakes will all jump in and add content.

It isn't "the best" links that get greenlit, it's "the most likely to have a lot of replies".

And replies are something Fark can sell to advertisers as proof that people are viewing the page.

/kaCHING!

 
Smuj 2006-10-01 08:11:01 PM  
Also suspected: library visitors, telephone users.

Want to crack down on pot smokers? Tie them to terrorists.

 
TaiFong 2006-10-01 08:12:06 PM  
Yes, the Sporanos. Not to be confused with the SOPranos.

Screencap from the Sporanos:
www.nybg.org

 
newsguru88 2006-10-01 08:17:42 PM  
Yeah, Tony does look like one of them there shiataker mushrooms, don't he?

 
MusicMakeMyHeadPound 2006-10-01 08:19:00 PM  
This is the same organization that blew $1 million trying to figure out the lyrics to "Louie Louie" (and failed, haha).

 
Fark Me Runnin 2006-10-01 08:19:08 PM  
studebaker hoch:

It isn't "the best" links that get greenlit, it's "the most likely to have a lot of replies".

And replies are something Fark can sell to advertisers as proof that people are viewing the page.

Step 4: Profit

 
inkdrinker 2006-10-01 08:21:06 PM  
Or maybe it's another attempt to link a terrorist bogeyman to another topic to justify an expansion of power and an infusion of money.

 
shift_DAWG 2006-10-01 08:22:28 PM  
I don't claim to be connected, but the Italian-American "legitimate business men" that I have known (2) were vehemently patriotic; and if one were to imply to them that they were involved with supporting AQ, I suspect he'd meet with an -ahem!- accident and have a little trouble walking afterward.

 
SpaceAgeTomato 2006-10-01 08:28:26 PM  

Argh, what a terrible article. It is pure troll.


Though there is no direct evidence yet of organized crime collaborating with terrorists, ...


Ok, so the bottom line is: no evidence yet


... the first hints of a connection surfaced in a recent undercover FBI operation


Ahh, there are whispers on the street?


Agents stopped a man with alleged mob ties from selling missiles to an informant posing as a terrorist middleman.


Err, no. It was a sting. The only terrorist in sight was an informer, pretending to be one. But nevermind, all of this recently passed anti-terrorism law will help them in their search!


The new strategy involves an analysis of nationwide criminal investigations, particularly white collar crime, side by side with intelligence and terrorist activity.


Isn't this from the same government that has repeatedly assured us that these fancy new laws would never be used for mundane law enforcement purposes? Note that the only other evidence for mob-terrorist connections is another informer, "...a high-level Mafia figure, who was cooperating with authorities", who told them the Mafia would be willing to assist terrorists. Well, the nice thing about an ex-Mafia figure who's turned states evidence is they will say whatever you want them to say; their life depends on you protecting them.


 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 08:31:54 PM  
shift_DAWG: I don't claim to be connected, but the Italian-American "legitimate business men" that I have known (2) were vehemently patriotic; and if one were to imply to them that they were involved with supporting AQ, I suspect he'd meet with an -ahem!- accident and have a little trouble walking afterward.

From the CNN article on this I'm thinking they are trying to link them to Russian or Eastern European organizations.

Overseas the most active ground level groups I've seen are usually the Morrocans and Lebaneese.

I still think it is more of an election year bid than a genuine effort, but they do have to at least look ito such claims...

 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 08:35:26 PM  
SpaceAgeTomato: Isn't this from the same government that has repeatedly assured us that these fancy new laws would never be used for mundane law enforcement purposes? Note that the only other evidence for mob-terrorist connections is another informer, "...a high-level Mafia figure, who was cooperating with authorities", who told them the Mafia would be willing to assist terrorists. Well, the nice thing about an ex-Mafia figure who's turned states evidence is they will say whatever you want them to say; their life depends on you protecting them.

This is certainly the scarier view of what is going on, and considering the current DOJ's record on Constitutional rights I would tend to be more willing to believe this than say 6 years ago.

 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 08:35:41 PM  
Is the FBI watching season six? Do they not know it's a TV show? They're not really stealing credit card numbers from sleezy motels to sell to the terrorists.

 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 08:39:01 PM  
JerseyTim: Is the FBI watching season six? Do they not know it's a TV show? They're not really stealing credit card numbers from sleezy motels to sell to the terrorists.

Not sure those Fox watchers can tell the difference anymore... mediocraty seems to be a promotable quality these days

 
DodgerOfZion 2006-10-01 08:46:13 PM  
www.sopranoland.com

was supposed to hijack a truck full of

www.scidev.net

but it ended up containing

jonathan.mielikki.com

 
erewhon 2006-10-01 08:55:05 PM  
Ah, the Sporanos. It all makes sense now. Business is mushrooming, and they've all gone underground.

The thing they've got to worry about is a toad-stoolie.

 
dj_bigbird [TotalFark] 2006-10-01 08:59:11 PM  
Has anyone mentioned the MS-13/Al-Queda link?

 
shrugs 2006-10-01 09:00:14 PM  
oh..so the governments gunna start hasseling innocent italian-americans around when?

/rhetorical

 
lsc78 2006-10-01 09:06:15 PM  
I feel that the destruction of (italian) organized crime made 9-11 possible.

 
doodievomit 2006-10-01 09:16:19 PM  
Gosling [TotalFark]

Headline is misleading. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Did... did you just make a Billy Madison quote?

Go sit in the corner for 5 minutes and think about what you just did.

 
Defiance_ 2006-10-01 09:19:40 PM  
3dhuntdotcom

It's not the link, one of the dynamic Flash ads has some funny non-Flash 7 code in it.

 
MonkeyBoy666 2006-10-01 09:24:32 PM  
Worst.Poster.Ever.: Sporanos? That's on before Under 6 Feet, right?

Think of The Sporanos as the Turkish equivalent to The Sopranos, and it all makes sense.


/Turkish Star Wars

 
MonkeyBoy666 2006-10-01 09:25:56 PM  
Defiance_: It's not the link, one of the dynamic Flash ads has some funny non-Flash 7 code in it.

So the flash ads are working for Osama now?


/I blame Cheney

 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 09:28:08 PM  
It's not too far out there to think they woulr attack using the internet next... go for some more economic target and such...

 
almoreschi 2006-10-01 09:29:58 PM  
I guess the IRS and RICO act just ain't getting the job done anymore. Now Italian-American entrepreneurs are terrorists. That'll make them dissappear so the government can take over.

 
Zaphodius 2006-10-01 09:31:07 PM  
almoreschi: I guess the IRS and RICO act just ain't getting the job done anymore. Now Italian-American entrepreneurs are terrorists. That'll make them dissappear so the government can take over.

well someone might be dissapearing... in a few weeks... out of the congress and such

 
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