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Remember this? ---------------------------------------- Terror data repeatedly mentions Seattle
By Mike Carter and Ray Rivera
Seattle Times staff reporters

Seattle is repeatedly mentioned in information gathered by U.S. intelligence sources monitoring suspected al-Qaida terrorists and their sympathizers, and the Department of Justice has ordered an investigation to find out why.

The references to Seattle and the recent discovery of photographs of the city on a computer hard drive recovered from Osama bin Laden's fractured stronghold near Tora Bora, Afghanistan, led to a decision by Justice officials to determine whether the city or any of its landmarks, such as the Space Needle, may be a target, a source said yesterday.

"The photographs were cumulative of other intelligence," said one high-ranking source, who asked not to be identified. "While they, of themselves, would be a concern, they are not the first time Seattle has come up in connection with intelligence around possible terrorist acts."

Another source, who also requested anonymity, said Seattle has surfaced regularly in intelligence data reviewed by analysts in Washington, D.C.

"The city has earned the ignominious distinction of coming up very frequently on the nonspecific threat alerts," the source said.

"It's certainly in the top five, and my guess is that it is behind only New York and Washington."

And while the news has been filled with reports of a possible terrorist plot to fly a hijacked jet into one of the country's nuclear power plants, such as the plant on the Hanford nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington, published reports say the al- Qaida operative who told the FBI of the plot has not been credible in the past and the information has not been corroborated.(snip)

120 posted on 05/13/2002 7:03:39 PM PDT by MarMema
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To: MarMema
I commute from the eastside every day on the 520 and I always say.... what if!
121 posted on 05/13/2002 7:06:25 PM PDT by cmsgop
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To: MarMema
One more thing, I have not heard a PEEP on this from KOMO,KIRO or KING. Have You?
123 posted on 05/13/2002 7:11:41 PM PDT by cmsgop
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To: MarMema
Seattle, eh?

Nearby Seattle is Fort Lewis, which has a whole LOTTA Army types and some Army air helos.

Nearby Seattle is Bremerton (already mentioned above.) Lotsa Navy types there.

No place to pick a fight...

As to Hanford: I have been there. Dunno about flying an airplane into a reactor--they are pretty well built, but not like today's commercial ones. These are a little 'softer.' OTOH, only one of the Hanford's six reactors is operating--all the rest are dead.

Parenthetically, the operating reactor is scheduled to be shut down soon, leaving us one heckuva problem if we ever needed to build more nukes...

127 posted on 05/13/2002 7:19:06 PM PDT by ninenot
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