AP: Terrorists Planning Summer Attack
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have obtained new intelligence deemed highly credible indicating al-Qaida or other terrorists are in the United States and preparing to launch a major attack this summer, The Associated Press has learned.
The intelligence does not include a time, place or method of attack but is among the most disturbing received by the government since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a senior federal counterterrorism official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday.
Of most concern, the official said, is that terrorists may possess and use a chemical, biological or radiological weapon that could cause much more damage and casualties than a conventional bomb.
"There is clearly a steady drumbeat of information that they are going to attack and hit us hard," said the official, who described the intelligence as highly credible.
The official declined to provide any specifics about the sources of the information but said there was an unusually high level of corroboration...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040525/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat_3
The alarming aspect of this article is the high degree of confirmation given by other crediable sources reported in major media, that such an attack is indeed in the works:
FBI Special Agent Harold Copus goes on FOX news live and states 2004 Will Be Remembered as 'Summer of Terror':
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/4/19/150934.shtml
White House officials are assuming a terrorist attack will occur during the run up to the Presidential election:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040524/whispers/24whisplead.htm
And the top intelligence official at the Homeland Security Department fears Al Queda might be planning a WMD attack in coming months:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5012916/
By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials have obtained new intelligence deemed highly credible indicating al-Qaida or other terrorists are in the United States and preparing to launch a major attack this summer, The Associated Press has learned.
The intelligence does not include a time, place or method of attack but is among the most disturbing received by the government since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a senior federal counterterrorism official who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Tuesday.
Of most concern, the official said, is that terrorists may possess and use a chemical, biological or radiological weapon that could cause much more damage and casualties than a conventional bomb.
"There is clearly a steady drumbeat of information that they are going to attack and hit us hard," said the official, who described the intelligence as highly credible.
The official declined to provide any specifics about the sources of the information but said there was an unusually high level of corroboration...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040525/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat_3
The alarming aspect of this article is the high degree of confirmation given by other crediable sources reported in major media, that such an attack is indeed in the works:
FBI Special Agent Harold Copus goes on FOX news live and states 2004 Will Be Remembered as 'Summer of Terror':
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/4/19/150934.shtml
White House officials are assuming a terrorist attack will occur during the run up to the Presidential election:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040524/whispers/24whisplead.htm
And the top intelligence official at the Homeland Security Department fears Al Queda might be planning a WMD attack in coming months:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5012916/

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