KERRYSPOT - WHOA - RE: DRUDGE'S STORY ON ABC TAPE [10/27 01:00 PM]
If Drudge has the story right, then this is huge.
In the last week before the election, ABCNEWS is holding on a videotaped message from a purported al Qaeda terrorist warning of a new attack on America, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The terrorist claims on tape the next attack will dwarf 9/11. "The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead. Further claims: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda.
ABCNEWS strongly denies holding the tape back from broadcast over political concerns during the last days of the election.
The CIA is analyzing the tape, a top federal source tells the DRUDGE REPORT.
ABCNEWS obtained the tape from a source in Waziristan, Pakistan over the weekend, sources tells DRUDGE.
"We have been working 24 hours a day trying to authenticate [the tape]," a senior ABCNEWS source said Wednesday morning.
The terrorist's face is concealed by a head dress, and speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual, but US intelligence officials believe that man may be Adam Gadhan - aka Adam Pearlman - a southern California native who was highlighted by the FBI in May as an individual most likely to be involved in or have knowledge of the next al Qaeda attacks.
According to the FBI, Gadahn, 25, attended al-Qaida training camps and served as an al-Qaida translator.
The disturbing tape runs an hour — the man simply identifies himself as 'Assam the American.'
A BIT MORE INFO ON THE AL-QAEDA ABC TAPE [10/27 01:17 PM]
Fox's Bret Baier reporting from the Pentagon, said he learned a little before 1 pm EST. He said he heard from a senior administration official that the U.S. government has been looking at the tape for the last day. The speaker on the tape speaks in what the Fox source called, “disturbingly fluent English.”
The tape had been circulating within the government for about a day; the feds don't have certification on authenticity, but expect to have it later today.
Fox sources said ABC's Brian Ross received the tape from a source in Pakistan. |
