Faster than FR? That is fabulously fast. Please keep us posted.
Chertoff: We want to be as open as possible with the public but at the same time it's important to preserve confidentiality and also respect demands of British legal process which places restrictions on what we say.
21 individuals arrested and in custody who were engaging in plot to detonate liquid explosives on planes departing the UK for the US. The plot was well advanced with a significant number of operatives.
Planned to carry liquid explosive ingredients disguised as beverages or (something else).
International in scope. Suggestive of an AQ plot.
Chertoff: We've disrupted threat but can't assume that everyone in network has been neutralized. No indication currently of any plot in the US but as precaution we've taken immediate steps with respect to aviation.
The US government has raised threat level to the highest level of alert - Red - for airline flights from the UK to the US.