Chertoff: Want to prevent would-be copy cats. All inbound international flights and within the US - threat level at orange.
In light of the nature of the liquid explosives, we're temporarily banning all liquids as carry ons. No liquids or gels in carry on baggage. They must be checked.
Exceptions for baby formula nad medicines but have to be checked out at check point.
Chertoff: Some security measures will be visible and some won't. TSA has implemented changes to screening including prohibitation against liquid and gels in carry on baggage.
Federal air marshalls are being sent to the UK to coordinate flgihts between the UK and the US.
The best thing they could do to insure for our security it to close down the New York Times.
Chertoff: Specially trained K-9 units will be constantly used. We recognize that travelers will be inconvenienced.
Thank you for the updates. I'm at the office and appreciate so much your talented contributions.
This plot was orginally scheduled to take place in Dec. 2003. The Jihadi poster EOM (aka Al Qaeda member Adam Gadahn) was boasting about this "rain" plot on various anonymous boards. Many Freepers were following this plot on the TM thread. Here's two archive posts from another board. EOM/Gadahn was the poster who bragged about 9/11 the night before it happened on the old MSNBC bbs:
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:dEUoCMjR3WgJ:www.land-of-the-free.org/printthread.php%3Ft%3D15409%26page%3D5%26pp%3D40+eom+falcon+amerikka&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3
EOM
as I tell you before
Mon Dec 22 2003 7:01:29 pm
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events will begin in London and then you shall see I tell you earlier this week, events will happen in London and then not much longer you will see
EOM
you infidels certainly are an impatient lot
Tue Dec 23 2003 12:41:47 pm
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you stupid Amerikkkans thousands of you shall perish with the coming "rain" Enjoy what time you have left, Allah will not be much longer before he delivers the next great victory for Islam