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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20031219_311.html ABC NEWS.go.com - Wire (Reuters): "U.S. Concerned by Heightened Security Threats" (December 19, 2003)
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "But counterterrorism officials dismissed a report that there was credible information pointing to a possible imminent strike against New York City.
"We are in a heightened threat environment but the notion that there's an imminent threat -- specific, credible information pointing to an imminent threat in New York -- is not correct," said one official, who asked not to be named.
ABC News, on its Web site, had quoted unnamed U.S. intelligence sources as saying they had received information about a "credible and imminent threat to New York City" possibly by a female suicide bomber.
In New York, police said they knew of no credible threat to the city, site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center by hijacked airliners.
In Washington, the White House spokesman said warnings had been sent to security personnel around the country urging extra vigilance during the holiday season."