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Take a deep breath, say homeland officials
US News and World Report ^
| February 14, 2003
| Paul Bedard
Posted on 02/14/2003 7:55:45 AM PST by ewing
Indications from government sources are that the already heightened Code Orange security alert Washington D.C. is operating under may be increased to 'Code Red' in the next 24 hours because of a heightened concern about a possible terror attack.
Whispers learns that lawmakers are being encouraged to send their families back to their home states.
Other government sources are freely talking about the increased security alert possbily coming as soon as Friday.
Also, Equipment that can detect chemical and biological weapons has been deployed in Washington.
And some government workers have been warned that if terrorism strikes, agencies might not be able to provide enough food water or clothing.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: chickenlittle; codered; familes; homestates; lawmakers; orangealert; usnews
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To: ewing
Why shopping malls and not the subway? There's a whole lot more shopping malls and people that use them compared to the number of subways and subway riders. Underground transit systems are limited to a handful of cities but just about every large town has a mall.
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:21:53 AM PST
by
jriemer
To: ewing
The thing that really ticks me off is that even if there is s small fraction of islam that is not terrorist, I have yet to hear any of their religious leaders, either nationally or locally condemn what is going on. May their satanic god have mercy on them if they hurt my children.
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:22:05 AM PST
by
44magnum
To: JennysCool
Is that good or bad?
To: Samwise
Ohhhhhhh, I get it! The word quietly goes out to the politicos and elites to send THEIR families back to their home states, but they don't want to get the word out to the rest of the peasants until it may be too late for them. In other words, the people in "our club of those who run your country" get advance notice to save your family members, because they matter because they are YOURS. But we'll wait a bit to formally declare a red. It doesn't matter if the rest of the public (told to use duct tape and plastic sheeting and without goverment provided bunkers) perishes and their family members don't count as much -- because their family members were not elected.
I get it. Make sure those in power get advance formal notice to save themselves and their families and THEN tell the public (doesn't matter if as many of those perish because they are not smart enough to be in our ruling club).
Makes sense to me!
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:23:46 AM PST
by
jraven
To: dirtboy
your #3 LOL
65
posted on
02/14/2003 8:24:05 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: dirtboy
I just saw a AP article that the move to Code Orange was partially based on some intel that proved to be a fabrication - but now they're considering RED?It was partly based on testimony from an Al-Qaeda detainee who failed a lie detector test. The problem is, such tests cannot say, "His answer to this question is a lie."
Lie detector tests can only detect patterns of dishonesty, meaning some of the detainee's statements may be true, while others may not be.
To: jriemer
And.......the WalMart Supercenter is packed!!!!
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:24:34 AM PST
by
tutstar
(who wonders how much protection the plastic and duct tape will really provide??????)
To: JennysCool
I have the feeling that increase to orange had a lot more to it than just the word of one Al Qaeda jerk. Right you are. I live near DC and have friends who work for FEMA and a cousin who works, um, someplace else I won't mention. They say that we don't hear about a tenth of what goes on. In particular we don't hear about all the terrorist activities that get thwarted. We only hear about the intel failures.
And that, the anti-terrorist guys say, is how they like it. If you heard about their successes in the media, their informants would be compromised. If you do hear about their failures, or purported failures, the bad guys do to, and then underestimate our abilities and resources. It's to their advantage to be thought stupid and incompetent.
Which is not to say, of course, that some aspects of the FBI are not stupid and incompetent. I'm not disputing that.
68
posted on
02/14/2003 8:24:35 AM PST
by
Capriole
(Yes, I'm pro-choice. My choice is a Browning Hi-Power 9 mm.)
To: Revolting cat!
(Someone left the cake out in the rain I dont think that I can take it coz it took so long to bake it) And I'll never have that recipie again oh nooo. I recall a yellow cotton dress foaming like a wave ....
69
posted on
02/14/2003 8:24:54 AM PST
by
barker
To: Fred Mertz; Diddle E. Squat
dirtboy, don't tell me you believed the polygraph test failure BS, you should know better. That was to try to calm down the Amurican sheeple.Well, that's one point of view, but someone else on this thread raised another interpretation:
Oh yeah, and the AP/ABC would never mislead, exaggerate, or misrepresent in order to make the administration look bad. Nope, no sirree, would never happen.
Which is why I asked the question in the first place - to get opinions on it. I actually think that Diddle E. Squat's position is more in line with the AP than yours is.
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:25:01 AM PST
by
dirtboy
To: cynicom
The bunker for my state is 5 minutes from me! Eekk Hillary in town!
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:25:16 AM PST
by
TLBSHOW
(God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
To: ewing
Thanks for the DC warning, there were emails being passed around in New York City poitical circles last night to stay away from the subways until the 19th of this month. So what happens after the 19th??? Why that date?
To: Diana Rose
hitlery is the beast whose ample belly usama wants to leap into. All the power to him.
To: ewing
Quaking in our boots are we?
LMAO, these pansies aren't fit to lead. They should all go home and let us vote in new leadership, one with enough ba--s to reign in our out of control borders. We allow in excess of ten million people to immigrate from the middle-east, then panic at the first hint of terrorism.
Have these people had any mental assessment tests lately?
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:26:35 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(Freeper Caribbean Cruise May 31-June 6, Staterooms As Low As $610 Per Person For Entire Week!)
To: 44magnum
AMEN BROTHER!!!!
To: dirtboy
It was my understanding there were several items (more than 3) which caused the orange alert - if one of them was proven to be wrong - that doesn't eliminate the rest of the items.
And ... since we do not know all the details of the items, the ones left could actually hold more weight that the one which was proven to be wrong.
Recently, in AZ they found a small notebook in a backpack by the border to Mexico. It was written in Arabic. I wonder if that information gave authorities some information about planned actions which can be causing the possible RED alert.
76
posted on
02/14/2003 8:26:57 AM PST
by
CyberAnt
( Yo! Syracuse)
To: isthisnickcool
Is this shopping mall warning for DC and Northern Virgina or for NYC?
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:27:19 AM PST
by
ewing
To: dirtboy
"Maybe this is Bush's way of trying to end the Estrada filibuster... :^)"
Remember when the anthrax scare first his DC? The dems warned for evacuation and when some republicans moved out of their offices, the dems called them cowards.!!! I do believe that was the scenarion.
They are manipulative swine! but what's gnu?
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:27:48 AM PST
by
lawdude
To: CyberAnt
I was trying to find the original thread about that and couldn't recall the title.....do you have it bookmarked?
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:28:30 AM PST
by
tutstar
(who wonders how much protection the plastic and duct tape will really provide??????)
To: cynicom
Sending them is one thing, sending them because of inside information or fear, not shared with the public is a bit much. You're presuming they're hiding information that they could share. I'm certain they have intel that we don't, and that's the way it should be if release of the intel compromises sources. But there's enough information circulating in public for me to be concerned enough to send my family away from Washington D.C. if I lived in downtown.
(As it is, we're less than a half hour away and still concerned, but we're not going anywhere.)
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posted on
02/14/2003 8:28:33 AM PST
by
Coop
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