Posted on 08/01/2004 9:47:10 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
They didn't need one on 9/11. Think European airline security is up to code?
It will stay at orange, at least from the fed govt. standpoint.
Ridge said it is up to Bloomberg to decide whether to go to red.
BWHAHAH! thats hilarious!
1. Keep your eyes open.
2. Be ready for an emergency
3.Pray for strength and each other.
Translation: If Mikey comes out for the press conference screaming "We're all gonna die!", it's going to red.
Yes
They are supposed to have a separate location in New Jersey, as well as an "undisclosed location" for them to go to, if necessary. From what I recall, this was established after 9/11.
ROFL! I hadn't seen that one before. It's GREAT!
Most European airport security is tighter than Terayza's ass.
And check your Emergency Preparedness plan and kits. See:
http://www.ready.gov
Ah, you made it over here -g-
Am I the only one that finds this ODD ??????
Odd, maybe, but human. We DON'T want to give them a victory. Hey, I went up the Empire State Building with my kids the first day allowed after 9/11. This doesn't make me a daredevil, which I most certainly am not, I'm not even a veteran. However, allowing mere threats to stop us would be the first step towards our psychological defeat.
So should Tom Ridge just shut up and keep the chatter to himself. No! We are all in this together. If and when there are more domestic attacks, Americans will understand that everything can't be prevented, but we would find it unacceptable that our government hadn't leveled with us, at least in general terms, about what it knew. The color alert system is simultanuously silly and approximately what is needed to make clear they we and our government are on the same side, as, most of the time, they are.
This is just a general question. I really hate to ask it, but I truly would appreciate others' opinions.
Here's the question: Is is truly safe now for the President to return to Washington at this time? The World Bank is only 5-6 blocks northwest on Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, and I believe that the IMF building is also close by.
Watch PMSNBC because they had Emerson on today and hopefully they will have him on often!
"Christmas Vacation"
You "Quack" me up!
More info here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1182956/posts
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government warned Sunday of possible terrorist attacks against "iconic" financial institutions in New York City, Washington and Newark, N.J., saying a confluence of intelligence over the weekend pointed to a car or truck bomb.
Specifically, the government named these buildings as potential targets:
_The Citicorp building and the New York Stock Exchange in New York City.
_The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank buildings in Washington.
_The Prudential building in Newark.
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The government provided a wealth of detail that it had picked up in the past 36 hours, but a senior intelligence official described it only on condition of anonymity. The official described "excruciating detail" and meticulous planning "indicative of al-Qaida."
The official said the intelligence included security in and around these buildings; the flow of pedestrians; the best places for reconnaissance; how to make contact with employees who work in the buildings; the construction of the buildings; traffic patterns; locations of hospitals and police departments; and which days of the week present less security at these buildings.
To illustrate the level of detail obtained, the official cited these examples: midweek pedestrian traffic of 14 people per minute on each side of the street for a total of 28 people; that some explosives might not be hot enough to melt steel; and that the construction of some buildings might prevent them from falling down.
The official said he had not seen such extraordinary detail in his 24 years in intelligence work.
A White House spokeswoman, Erin Healy, said the intelligence on the threat is "very new, coming in during the last 72 hours."
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