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May 20 — Additional terrorist attacks against the United States, described as “almost certain” over the weekend by Vice President Dick Cheney, will likely include walk-in suicide bombers like those plaguing Israel and plots orchestrated by enemies other than the al-Qaida network, government officials said Monday.FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT MUELLER, speaking to a meeting of the National Association of District Attorneys in Alexandria, Va., said he considers the use of suicide bombers in the United States “inevitable.” “I think we will see that in the future,” Mueller said in response to a question after a speech. Mueller also said the degree...

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2002 The White House dug in for a protracted political battle as new details emerged about a 1999 report to U.S. intelligence that predicted terrorists might try to fly airliners into government buildings. And the FBI learned in 1996 of similar planning by terrorists, according to The New York Times. The Times also says in its Saturday editions that the FBI had been aware for several years that Al Qaeda-linked men were training as pilots in the United States and elsewhere. The Washington Post said Saturday that a top-secret briefing memo presented to President Bush in 1998...