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XXX DRUDGE REPORT XXX OCTOBER BULLETIN SAID TERRORISTS THOUGHT TO HAVE 10 KILOTON
DRUDGE REPORT ^
| 3/3/02
| MATT DRUDGE
Posted on 03/03/2002 4:12:52 PM PST by TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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OCTOBER BULLETIN SAID TERRORISTS THOUGHT TO HAVE 10 KILOTON NUCLEAR WEAPON TO BE SMUGGLED INTO NEW YORK CITY
Sun Mar 03 2002 10:40:24 ET
**TIME MAGAZINE**
New York -- In October, an intelligence alert went out to a small number of government agencies, including the Energy Department's top-secret Nuclear Emergency Search Team, based in Nevada. The report said that terrorists were thought to have obtained a 10-kiloton nuclear weapon from the Russian arsenal, and planned to smuggle it into New York City, a special TIME magazine investigation reveals.
Publishing sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT, the next cover story of TIME will headline: "Can We Stop the Next 9/11?"
The report hits newsstands Monday, March 4th.
MORE
The source: a mercurial agent code-named DRAGONFIRE, who intelligence officials believed was of "undetermined" reliability, TIME reports. But DRAGONFIRE'S claim tracked with a report from a Russian general who believed his forces were missing a 10-kiloton device.
That made the DRAGONFIRE report alarming. So did this: detonated in lower Manhattan, a 10-kiloton bomb would kill some 100,000 civilians and irradiate 700,000 more, flattening everything in a half-mile diameter.
Counterterrorist investigators went on their highest state of alert, TIME reports. "It was brutal," a U.S. official told TIME.
It was also highly classified and closely guarded.
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Under the aegis of the White House’s Counterterrorism Security Group, part of the National Security Council, the suspected nuke was kept secret so as not to panic the people of New York. Senior FBI officials were not in the loop. Former mayor Rudolph Giuliani says he was never told about the threat. In the end, the investigators found nothing, and concluded that DRAGONFIRE'S information was false. But few of them slept better.
Counterterrorism experts and government officials interviewed by TIME say that for all the relative calm since Sept. 11, America’s luck will probably run out again, sooner or later. "It's going to be worse, and a lot of people are going to die," warns one U.S. counterterrorism official. "I don't think there's a damn thing we're going to be able to do about it."
The DRUDGE REPORT has been briefed on other revelations coming from TIME's investigation:
- The Coast Guard is arming itself against a possible terrorist attempt to destroy a major U.S. coastal city by detonating a tanker loaded with liquified natural gas.
- The Administration has recalled old CIA hands with experience in Central Asia. Says an Administration official: "You ended up going back to retirees because the bench was so light on Afghanistan. We’re still trying to get up to speed."
- This week, Tom Ridge’s office plans to announce a new color-coded alert system to warn local law enforcement and the public about threats within U.S. borders, sources tell TIME.
- While there is a genuine debate inside the government about whether Osama bin Laden is still alive, there is far less argument about what will happen after Washington is able to confirm that he is dead. A U.S. official told TIME last week that it is widely presumed that al-Qaeda sleeper cells will take retaliatory action once the terrorist leader is killed or proven dead.
- "We're as vulnerable today as we were on 9/10 or 9/12," says presidential counselor Karen Hughes. "We just know more."
Developing...
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Filed By Matt Drudge
Reports are moved when circumstances warrant
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(c)DRUDGE REPORT 2002
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balkans
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posted on
03/03/2002 4:14:37 PM PST
by
Jen
Already posted...
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posted on
03/03/2002 4:15:02 PM PST
by
xm177e2
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
There has been speculation for years that this was a possibility. If they don't already have it here, and they probably don't because they would have already used it, then there is a slim chance that it might get detected before it is armed and detonated.
To: ALL
The Coast Guard is arming itself against a possible terrorist attempt to destroy a major U.S. coastal city by detonating a tanker loaded with liquified natural gas. Red China....friend or foe???In this new GLOBAL age how comfortable are we with this?
Go here and see all the U.S. city ports China owns.
To: xm177e2
Thanks but I did a search of the exact title to no avail,so I apologize.
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Whatever happens, don't engage in any type of profiling. That would be worse than having NYC turned into a smoking hole in the ground.
Also, make sure the current terrorist detainees get their pashmina throws and mints on their pillows.
And let's throw billions of dollars in their direction, like a certain grifter is asking.
All that should solve the problem.
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
There were several reports that radiation detectors were in place for the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration...even a web page that monitors them 24/7.
It is kind of curious how the media dredged up "old news" and makes it sound scary...radiation detectors now in use; shadow government, etc, etc.
Anyone one with 2 brain cells (and only 1 need be active) could anticipate both the detectors and shadow government immediately following the morning of 9-11.
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posted on
03/03/2002 4:26:15 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
Already posted
here And if anyone cares to read the article it is self refuting.
In the end, the investigators found nothing, and concluded that DRAGONFIRE'S information was false.
That is from the article.
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posted on
03/03/2002 4:29:44 PM PST
by
Demidog
To: Paul Atreides
Do they, or don't they have it? I don't know. Thank God they are a peaceful religion.
11
posted on
03/03/2002 4:31:21 PM PST
by
umgud
To: umgud
Not only that, they are justified in hating us. Bill Clinton said so. Everyone knows he's the ultimate authority on everything.
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Paul Atreides
Not only that, all we have to do is throw more millions of innocent Jews over the side and all will be peace and light, right? The more things change, the more they stay the same!
To: Admin Moderator
FYI post 10. Already posted.
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posted on
03/03/2002 5:07:27 PM PST
by
Demidog
To: ruxtontowers
Did you forget your < /sarcasm > tag?
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posted on
03/03/2002 5:13:57 PM PST
by
Jen
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
no need to apologize to the posting vigilantes...thank you for your post...I hadn't seen it before.
Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!
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posted on
03/03/2002 6:05:26 PM PST
by
vannrox
To: Fusion; balkans; *Balkans
Fusion!
Your predictions re "Allah's suitcase" may have been rediculed by others but apparently the administration is not laughing!
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