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05-26-2004, 02:39 PM
May 26, 2004
WASHINGTON — Citing intelligence that terrorists are looking to "hit us hard," the Justice Department and the FBI are launching an intensive campaign to head off a possible terrorist attack in the United States this summer, law enforcement officials said.
The intelligence community has recently developed information indicating that Al Qaeda or other Middle Eastern terrorist groups are in the United States and gearing up for a major strike this summer, a top law enforcement official said.
The intelligence offers no specific times, dates or methods of attack, the law enforcement official said. The official said authorities considered the threat information as among the most credible received by the government since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when nearly 3,000 people died.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge appeared on morning television news shows today ahead of a news conference by Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.
"Yes, there is a threat reporting stream that talks about an attack," Ridge said on NBC. "You couple that with the number of high-profile events we're going to have in the United States this year, coupled with it being an election year, gives us reason to be concerned and to raise our level of awareness and vigilance and security a little bit higher than usual."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-052604threat_lat,1,2233096.story?coll=la-home-headlines
WASHINGTON — Citing intelligence that terrorists are looking to "hit us hard," the Justice Department and the FBI are launching an intensive campaign to head off a possible terrorist attack in the United States this summer, law enforcement officials said.
The intelligence community has recently developed information indicating that Al Qaeda or other Middle Eastern terrorist groups are in the United States and gearing up for a major strike this summer, a top law enforcement official said.
The intelligence offers no specific times, dates or methods of attack, the law enforcement official said. The official said authorities considered the threat information as among the most credible received by the government since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when nearly 3,000 people died.
Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge appeared on morning television news shows today ahead of a news conference by Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III.
"Yes, there is a threat reporting stream that talks about an attack," Ridge said on NBC. "You couple that with the number of high-profile events we're going to have in the United States this year, coupled with it being an election year, gives us reason to be concerned and to raise our level of awareness and vigilance and security a little bit higher than usual."
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-052604threat_lat,1,2233096.story?coll=la-home-headlines