Posted on 07/01/2007 5:28:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to a senior official with access to the document.
U.S. officials have kept the information secret, and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said today on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" that the United States did not have "have any specific credible evidence that there's an attack focused on the United States at this point."
As ABCNews.com reported, U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of terror attacks in Glasgow and Prague, the Czech Republic, against "airport infrastructure and aircraft."
The warnings apparently never reached officials in Scotland, who said this weekend they had received "no advance intelligence" that Glasgow might be a target.
Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff declined to comment specifically on on the report today, but said "everything that we get is shared virtually instantaneously with our counterparts in Britain and vice versa."
Unlike the United States, officials in Germany have publicly warned that the country could face a major attack this summer, also comparing the situation to the pre-9/11 summer of 2001.
“Wake up! End this blackmail once and for all. Tell these
guys this is what to expect.”
That takes balls. An enfeebled nation has no balls. It can only react after the damage has been done, and then only for a few weeks at most.
Is it me or does Chertoff look like the little old bald guy Benny Hill used to pat on his head (Jackie Wright) just about every episode?
Never have. Never will. The scoop, the exclusive is the prize. No matter how many lives are at stake.
Where are the investigations into who leaked this secret document/knowledge?
The Brits didn’t know anything? Yeah, right. /sarc
I like the British attitude...going about their normal business/life. I can guarantee you that if I was near the Mall or the Freedom Concert on the Fourth, then I’d be out there. I understand your angst, but as someone who lived through the Cold War, I’m not cowering.
Have a great Fourth of July!
The train bombings in Madrid were in March, I think 3/11 or something like that. London was 7/7 (or something like that.) Dont put too much stock into the dates. These things happen when they happen.
If you start trying to put the dots together on something that is not connected, you will start seeing patterns where there are none.
Be vigilant, and live your lives. YOU probably cannot stop it from happening if it was right in front of you. But you have a better chance of winning the lottery than getting killed by a terrorist. So have a beer, and go buy two quick picks.
I hope all of this 'chatter' talk is a way of letting it be known that plans are being thwarted.
This time I might become one of the nutter conspiracy theorists, saying that this Administration was in on it, encouraging terrorists to cross our southern border....
“...there will be a bright flash on Mecca and Medina.”
I think there need to be four bright flashes - your two, plus Tehran and Damascus.
And just in case that little piss-ant in Caracas has anything to do with it, he needs to become a statistic too.
I'd deport all of them from the U.S. first, though.
It’s really no secret that our borders are unprotected.......................
It’s also not much of a secret that our president and commander in chief is planning on bringing thousands of iraqis to OUR country this summer.
some secret
Then the dirt bag liberals will say we must try to understand the root causes of terrorism. What idiots.
The Mumbai train fire bombings took place on 7/11/06 and jihadi board chatter in 2004 indicated a 7/11/04 for a hit on the US that never materialized.
It should be done before thre is a terror “spactacular” in our country with innocent people getting killed. What’s it gonna take for this country to wake up and do the job right.
Amen! Our ancestors came to this country to save themselves from the persecution, slavery, religious intolerance and brutality that was present in the “Old World”. Do the islamic terrorists really think we will stand by and watch the freedoms that so many of our countrymen have given their lives for be taken away from us? I think not. While our government and politicians may stand idly by and try to appease those whose goal is to destroy our sacred way of life, the American People will rise up and do what is necessary to secure and maintain our FREEDOM and CULTURE that DEFINES us as AMERICANS.
I agree, and then you have to consider that whoule Barry Bostwik thing as well......
This year it is Tony Danza. The horror. The humanity!
My God, run for your life!
"...Apparently ABC is not interested in helping security by keeping the document secret..."
The only problem I have with this 'news' is that it's charactarized as a 'leak'. Since the planned attacks in England and Scotland are already news, it seems likely that Chertoff just let the info be released officially/unofficially.
From all I've read, there was intel about possible targets and little data about methods. Now that the first four events have happened, i.e. 'car-bombs' at crowded events-places, airports, etc., there's little harm, but potential benefits, by releasing some of the info to the public.
It appears that al-qaedas' Summer-Spectacular just might be car-bombs this year. Just knowing that much will make people take notice of cars-that-don't-belong, and keep the tow-trucks in business . Can't hurt ............................ FRegards
I'll bet on July 4th. Remember, they're evil. The 4th would hit us on one of our happiest days.
If I was Bush, I'd stay away from any world leader who could use a threat to stop us from retaliating.
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