The Wake-Up Call

Steve Satterwhite

Battle-tested against terrorism, former U.S. Marshal José Lopez counsels a return to basic counterintelligence

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• Rolando Eugenio Martinez
• Jose Lopez
• War and Conflict
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"With the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, they paralyzed the American economy for one week and put an airplane in what we call las entrañas del monstro -- inside the monster's belly," he goes on. "You have to see that not as a terrorist act but as a message: “Hey, gringos, we can get you.' Forget about the [2936] people that were killed in the Twin Towers. Forget about all the people that died at the Pentagon. Look at the message. Look at the statement.

"I won't doubt that these people can get atomic bombs. They are willing to die. What's next? I don't know, the wake-up call.