Negroponte: Al-Qaida Plans 'High-Impact Attacks'

NewsMax.com ^ | 3 February 2006

[Aussie Dasher]

WASHINGTON -- National Intelligence Director John Negroponte said Thursday that the al-Qaida terror network remains the "top concern" of the U.S. intelligence community, followed closely by the nuclear activities of Iran and North Korea.

Negroponte told the Senate Intelligence Committee in a relatively rare public session that Iran probably does not yet have nuclear weapons, nor the fissile material needed for producing them.

"Nevertheless, the danger that it will acquire a nuclear weapon and the ability to integrate it with the ballistic missiles Iran already possesses is a reason for immediate concern," he said.

Meanwhile, Negroponte said that North Korea's assertions that it has nuclear weapons are "probably true."

Negroponte spoke as U.S. and European diplomats worked behind the scenes to build support for their decision to report Iran to the U.N. Security Council over concerns that it seeking nuclear weapons.

[Aussie Dasher]

These are the times for extreme vigilence.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

DNI.gov: "STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, JOHN D. NEGROPONTE TO THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE" (Februarly 2, 2006) (pdf) (Read More...)

[ozoneliar]

These are the times for extreme vigilence.

Time to wipe 'wipe Iran off the map'.

[kerryusama04]

Negroponte: Al-Qaida Plans 'High-Impact Attacks'

Kerryusama04: No Shift

I know non-freepers need to be reminded a lot about Al Qaida, but really, if this is the best we can come up with 4+ years after the fact.....

[appleharvey]

If (God forbid!), a liberal Democrat becomes the next President, prepare for "weeping and wailing and mourning and gnashing of teeth." The survivors will be praying for the return of G.W.B.

[Recovering_Democrat]

I'd put this in the "no s**t Sherlock" file.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Not to mention the head of that liberal on a pike!

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[oolatec]

Super Bowl... Olympics...

[DrewsDad]

Super Bowl? Detroit? Muslim Central?

I hoped they screened their workers well.

[DrewsDad]

Over 150,000 Muslims live in the Detroit/Dearborn area, representing an ethnic and cultural mosaic that is typical of Muslims in America. According to the Arab-American Institute, Dearborn has the highest concentration of ethnic Arabs outside of the Middle East. In some area schools, more than 90% of students are Muslim.

[LM_Guy]

I believe it will be Super Bowl Sunday - But not in Detroit, what a perfect time to hit several USA cities while all the security and attention is on Detroit.

While the world watches the Super Bowl can u imagine just in the middle of the game - Breaking News
"New York just hit by a radioactive Dirty Bomb", "Several Refineries in Houston Blown-up", "Nuclear Power Plant Attacked and Sabotaged, about to Go Critical", "Cruise Missiles Fired From a Ship Just Offshore Slam into the White house", etc.

Or hopefully just a great game and another day of pure US commercialism !!!

[Alouette]

While the world watches the Super Bowl can u imagine just in the middle of the game - Breaking News

You have been watching too much "24"

[TheLion]

A liberal Democrat President will be the end of our country.

[robowombat]

Negroponte suggested that "high impact attacks" would continue, and said al-Qaida continues to pursue chemical, biological and atomic weapons in hopes of attacking the United States. ............AND what is the most important conclusion the senior Rat Party member of the Intel Committee?



Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the panel, told Negroponte it was unacceptable that the White House refused to share information on its warrantless eavesdropping program with anyone except for the chairman and ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee.

[MD_Willington_1976]

So why hasn't the CMP gone mainstream in a big way?
Homeland defense starts at home.. or was that just good PR during WW2??

MD

[hershey]

Something's in the wind.

[sheik yerbouty]

The wind blew, the shi'ite flew, and the jihad vermin gets sent to "Allah"..

[piasa]

Sen. Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the panel, told Negroponte it was unacceptable that the White House refused to share information on its warrantless eavesdropping program with anyone except for the chairman and ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee.

Doesn't Sen. Jay Rockefeller trust the 'ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee?' Or is he just upset with how that limits the number of possible leak suspects?