Posted on 12/22/2015 1:13:55 PM PST by SamAdams76
NEW YORK - A "credible threat" has been lodged against New York City, days ahead of Christmas and during an especially busy time of the year when tourists flock to the Big Apple, law enforcement sources told PIX11 News Tuesday.
Top NYPD brass including Commissioner William Bratton held an emergency meeting Tuesday to discuss the threat and their response to it, sources said. Few details were released about the nature of the threat.
A federal law enforcement source said the threat is not specific and could take place in several major U.S. cities.
All New York City police officers received a bulletin Tuesday afternoon outlining the department's tactical plan and warning officers to stay vigilant, according to sources. That internal memo mentioned social media being used as a tactic and that a possible attack could come without warning.
Expect to see increased police presence at iconic locations across multiple boroughs, including Times Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral for Midnight Mass on Thursday, and Barclays Center in Brooklyn, marking the first time a threat has sparked a swell of police presence in a borough other than Manhattan.
Sources said several factors lead them to believe this threat is credible, including the reliability of the source, the nature of the threat and the timing, specifically that the holidays are approaching.
News of a threat against the city comes exactly one week after a menacing email was sent to public school districts in New York and Los Angeles. That "specific" message, which Bratton said contained outlandish threats that mirrored recent episodes of the show "Homeland," sparked the total closure of Los Angeles schools. Officials in New York determined the emailed threat was a hoax.
Still, New York City has been on high alert since the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris that killed 130 victims and injured hundreds more in a calculated assault executed by three teams of three assailants each, armed with explosive vests, belts and assault rifles. ISIS took responsibility for the carnage.
After the Paris attack, a video released by the terror group surfaced showing several scenes in New York City, including Times Square, a GAP in Herald Square, T.G.I. Friday's and yellow taxi cabs on city streets.
At the time, Bratton and Mayor Bill de Blasio said there was no new or credible threat against the city but urged residents and visitors alike to be vigilant and report suspicious activity.
Then, on Dec. 2, a married couple unleashed a terror attack at a facility for individuals with developmental disabilities in San Bernardino, Calif., stoking the fear of terror attacks happening on U.S. soil.
Armed with multiple assault rifles, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik burst into a conference room at Inland Regional Center and opened fire. In all, 14 people were killed, ranging in age from 26 to 60, and 21 victims were hurt. The suspects were shot dead when they tried to take on dozens of police officers as they fled in a black SUV.
FBI investigators said Farook and Malik had been "radicalized for some time" but said they likely were not directed by ISIS to carry out the attack.
Any suspicious behavior should be reported to the nearest police officer, by calling 911 or 1-888-NYC-SAFE.
Tips can also be submitted via the app "See Say," which lets users send a photo or message of any suspicious activity they see to the New York State Intelligence Center. Officials will then review the tip and if it’s a major threat, will call in additional law enforcement.
The app doesn't replace the 911 system, but rather is another way citizens can help prevent a potentially deadly attack.
They received a video of ISIS using Donald Trump to recruit terrorists. Strangely, it was postmarked Chappaqua, NY.
I will be praying for every American flying on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
Same with CA. It’s crawling with Muslims...Not to mention millions of illegals which government forces Americans to subsidize.
He sure did. That must have been the "go" signal.
Which explains why hoosiermama said,
That's what Obama said and then had headed as far away and still be in USA as he could go.
Recall the brazen warning/omen Obama wrote in red ink on the beam of 1 WTC:
We remember.
We rebuild.
We come back stronger.
And the POS purposefully and cheerfully goes-a-golfing, running up yet another multi-million dollar tab to slap on the American People.
The iconic and tragic "Falling Man" was a sign of Obama's own *deserved* fate.
Isaiah 14:12-17 is addressed to Obama all right.
We spent Thanksgiving, in NYC.
Enjoyed the parade, so much, as well as all of the Christmastime preparations. The city takes on a magical air, during this time of year.
Loved every second of it.
Merry Christmas :)
Didn’t see islam or muslim in the article. Must be an oversight./sarc.
Thanks for the update. If NYPD is saying no credible threat, we should probably pull this thread from breaking news.
Exactly.
See something.
Say something.
Have your school board sued for 15 million.
Have the suspect invited to the White House, get offered scholarships, and have the last laugh.
“Tips can also be submitted via the app “See Say,” which lets users send a photo or message of any suspicious activity they see.......”
Send ‘em a picture of Obama.
Another attack will most certainly do that, especially of they are EITHER legal immigrants or it can be determined they crossed the southern border illegally.
And, if they use anything but guns, all bets are off.
Attacks are pretty much inevitable as the French have learned in the last year.
The government is in constant CYA mode and many of their ‘holiday season’ alerts wash out.
But somewhere, sometime, something will happen.
I work in a government building and another place that in their own ways could be targets.....
0bama is a reverse prophet of terrorism like a reverse barometer.
Whenever he says the threat is “down, contained, etc,”
an attack is imminent.
They probably know how, and have a pretty good idea of who, but none of the rest.
This was obviously an insider leak via humint.
And pssssssssssssssssssssssssst...you don't need to be Jewish to know a few words in Yiddish. :-)
If the city can protect that parade - possibly the biggest in the USA - it can protect Christmas season. If one wants to be extra careful, avoid Times Square (a horror anyway) and Rockefeller Center and take a cab rather than the subway. Or walk. It’s a great walking city.
Disclaimer: I am not planning, advocating or claiming knowledge of such an action and am only using it as an example. Any similarities to the scenario below and a real attack are strictly coincidental.
If a terrorist group called the police and said “We have a truck, car or van loaded with 800 pounds of C5 and sometime soon we are going to detonate that rolling bomb in the Holland Tunnel or on a major bridge causing catastrophic damage and collapse at a rush hour. Good luck stopping us!”
If they did that several times and didn’t blow up anything and then on the fifth or sixth time did. They could cause a lot more fear and disruption than if they’d just carried out an attack. In deed, after that they’d just need to threaten.
Disclaimer: I am not planning, advocating or claiming knowledge of such an action and am only using it as an example. Any similarities to the scenario above and a real attack are strictly coincidental.
Times Square on New Years Eve would be the scariest scenario for a terror attack in my mind. A panic stampede from a relatively small incident would cause many, many deaths.
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