Posted on 10/10/2005 9:40:14 AM PDT by HHKrepublican_2
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday called off a high alert for the city's subway system after the attack date cited in a federal warning passed without incident.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security had warned New York officials of a possible threat to New York's underground mass transit system on or about October 9, based on an uncorroborated claim to Iraqi authorities.
Federal authorities had said the threat was of doubtful credibility but Bloomberg said it was serious enough to warn the public.
"Since the period of the threat now seems to be passing, I think over the immediate future we'll slowly be winding down the enhanced security," Bloomberg told a news conference.
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Homeland Terror Threat Ping.
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Bloomberg handled this wisely IMHO.
We may never know if any of these heightened alerts even actually thwart an attack so there will always be very vocal detractors.
Hoefully we will not be in a position where we should have acted based on tenuous evidence, and did not.
Stay the course.
Agreed, should be a good boost for his Election bid, his poll #'s are higher than Giulanis were (then again didnt he-rudy- lose his 2nd election?)
I have been a bit concerned with the date 10/11. That is the anniversary of the Cole bombing. Those guys are big into numbers and anniversaries.
I'll bet bloomberg keeps NYC on a "quiet alert" but is trying to calm the public.
I think they called it off too soon. If there was doubt as to the credibility of the threat itself, how can they assume the dates were accurate? Makes no sense to me.
If this threat was credible, you are probably right. Guess we'll know soon enough.
You and me both.
Agreed, I think the 'public' alert is called off, but the Police etc... are still vigilant(as they should be anyways!)
Rudy did not loose a second election. He served 2 terms in NYC as mayor.
"On or around Oct 9th" was the info from the DHS...10-11 is USS Cole 1 month since 9-11 and the sum of them is 21 we know them and #'s (9+11+01=21)
Thanks for the ping.
Don't want to get "terror fatigue" or bust the budget. It seems with Ramadan in progress and one more Jewish holiday this week, it would be prudent to continue to be on higher alert.
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