Re: Mall of America - isn't that in Minnesota known as land of the twin cities?
New Jersey is top terror target, U.S. lawman says
Published in the Home News Tribune 5/28/04
By KEN SERRANO
STAFF WRITER
The FBI has identified the stretch between Port Newark and Newark Liberty International Airport as the most dangerous two miles in the United States when it comes to terrorism, New Jersey's chief federal law-enforcement official said yesterday.
U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie sounded that urgent note at a gathering of law-enforcement officers and others in Monroe.
"If a terrorist were to set off a radiological, nuclear or biological device in those two miles, all rail traffic between the northern part of the United States and the southern part of the United States would stop," Christie said at the annual awards ceremony of the 200 Club of Middlesex County. "The second-largest seaport in America would cease to operate. The third-busiest airport in America would cease to operate. The chemical refineries in that area would be subject to great danger. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands if not millions of people who would be downwind if that were to occur.
"We live in the crosshairs," Christie said. "All of you have to be soldiers in the war on terrorism."
He called the coming months "a summer of great challenge for law enforcement."
Christie echoed comments made this week by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft about the prospects of an attack this summer during which several large-scale events are scheduled, such as the Republican convention in New York City.
The Associated Press reported yesterday, however, that a senior Bush administration official said there is no new information about threats against the United States. That same unnamed official questioned whether Ashcroft's comments were politically motivated, the AP reported.
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NOTE: That last paragraph is exactly what I was talking about last night with the media cr@p. Now Kerry is on Fox talking about the dministration failing with foreign policy blah blah blah. Phooey..(taking a moment to cover ears)
http://www.thnt.com/thnt/story/0,21282,972090,00.html