Threat is overstated - homeland security officials say.
Not a credible source - MSNBC.
Attack was not for today but for next week - MSNBC
Are you just making a funny about MSNBC, or did they really say this?
Nope MSNBC said that in the last 20 minutes. Quotes...
Heightened After Word Of Threat To Transit System
POSTED: 5:12 pm EDT October 6, 2005
UPDATED: 6:02 pm EDT October 6, 2005NEW YORK -- Authorities stepped up security on the city's mass transit system Thursday after receiving a credible threat that the New York City subway may be the target of a terrorist attack in the coming days.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared at a news conference alongside Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in which they announced the threat, which they said originated overseas. Bloomberg said it was the most specific threat New York officials had received to date; no one in New York has been arrested, he said.
A law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the threat is "specific to place, time and method," and that the method is bombing.
"We have done and will continue to do everything we can to protect this city," Bloomberg said, adding that he planned to take the subway home Thursday night. "We will spare no resource, we will spare no expense. We have increased our police presence on our subways."
Kelly asked the public to report suspicious people or activities. Police planned to start looking through bags, brief cases, baby strollers and luggage as they launched a large-scale search of New York's mass transit system.
"We have never had before a specific threat to our subway system," Bloomberg said. "Its importance was enhanced above the normal level by the detail that was available to us from intelligence sources."
New York's security level remained at orange, the same level it has stayed at since Sept. 11.
An estimated 4.5 million passengers ride the New York subway on an average weekday. The system has more than 468 subway stations.
... after receiving a credible threat that the New York City subway may be the target of a terrorist attack in the coming days.
There ya go...