Ridge to raise Terror Alert, news conf. 1:30 pm Eastern

Fox News-TV

[putupon]

announcement, nothing furthur

[Political Junkie Too]

Good point by Larry Johnson on MSNBC: if the threat is at the highest level since Sept 11th then why are we not at the red level?

My response to this is that we've been keeping the threat level at the wrong level. We should be at level 2 (Guarded) most of the time, and when we get increased chatter we should move to level 3. Instead, we've been at level 3, which only gives us one level of increased caution before going to the top. Level 1 is something we will probably never see again.

-PJ

[JustPiper]

Hey Ocean, they are saying that a newscrew will be summoned immediately to witness the attack in Vegas

[SauronOfMordor]

Imagine a tanker of gasoline exploded in a downtown interstate underpass beneath a city block. Or a tanker of material that releases toxic fumes.

It doesn't even need to be a suicide bombing. A sniper with mil-surplus 7.62NATO incindiary/tracer ammo, hitting gasoline tankers from concealment. Visualize that happening in NYC on a crowded street. Now imagine if they get to smuggle in a few RPG-7 rounds

[sarcasm]

The latest intelligence information about the al Qaeda efforts to penetrate foreign airports and airlines flying into this country had come in about 48 hours before and was soon deemed "credible," officials said. That information came from "a reliable source that has been corroborated by other things we know," one official said. The officials decided to take action upon combining this new information about possible air attacks with a variety of other recent intelligence showing that al Qaeda terrorists around the globe were saying in telephone calls and e-mails that they expected a series of synchronized attacks in this country around the holiday season, officials said.

"The extremists were expecting a very near-term attack in the United States," one Homeland Security official said. The government picked up "so many credible threats" that officials concluded they had to take action, he added.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Amen!

[PleaseNoMore]

I stand in agreement. Amen.

[JustPiper]

Here

Not only that MH, I heard on MSNBC today that recently photos have been taken in the US of 'seen' suitcase nukes

[JustPiper]

It's credible Jennifer as is Debka oft times

[hummingbird]

Hey Ocean, they are saying that a newscrew will be summoned immediately to witness the attack in Vegas

WHA...?!!!

[Pubbie]

Don't get me started young man!

;)

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, I literally live in the shadow of our beautiful Mt. Rushmore. It rocks....and is made of rocks! We go to Atlanta every other year for the wood products and equipment show. Great state and great peaches!

My neighbor is in charge of all the Rushmore concessions and was just called in to help with extra security meaures.
We may or may not be a target...but one never knows. We also have a big B-1 Air Force base here (Ellsworth).

My fear is that every city, every state may be a target.

Eyes wide open!!!

[JustPiper]

The one I found most informative and honest was the Ex Police Chief of NY on FNC today, he has a book out now that seems worth the purchase

[easonc52]

Our precious sons and daughters and brothers and sisters have been called upon to sacrifice life and limb, that we might be free.

And thank God they are Time 'Person of the Year'. They certainly deserve it!

[JustPiper]

Godspeed and bless to you and yours also Peach

[oceanview]

yes, I do not understand why they don't shut down most foreign airline flights into the US. let them fly into canada and then connect to the US.

[Toespi]

I am flying into Vegas tomorrow am, this is just swell....

[JustPiper]

I know that we've been getting daily specifics, that is why FR is the FIRST place to look for the news and THE TRUTH ;)

[JustPiper]

Your surgery would take place while you have the flu Ocean?!

[JustPiper]

Jimbo, in the end, it is the Steve Quayle's IMHO that will be right

[Jennifer in Florida]

Scary stuff.. I hope they are wrong. HS has been very careful over the summer and fall not to "cry wolf." Over the last few months the news analysts have been saying that they wouldn't be raising the alert level unless they had something very specific. Stay safe.