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To: Win Smith who started this subject12/13/2002 12:33:35 PM
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General Sees Scant Evidence of Threat Near in U.S. nytimes.com

[ To momentarily veer into the "Current Events and General Interest" that I've been pretty remiss about following, we have this story. Somewhat in contrast to Ridge's periodic vague and meaningless "code red" warnings . ]

The nation's top general for domestic security says he has seen little evidence to suggest an imminent terrorism threat inside the United States by members of Al Qaeda's network, and warns against using "McCarthyism" in combating terror.

"I am not aware of a significant threat to this nation" from so-called sleeper cells, said the officer, Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart.

General Eberhart, who as head of the military's newly created Northern Command oversees the Pentagon's contribution to domestic counterterrorism efforts, expressed concern that undetected terrorist cells could be operating in the United States and plotting new attacks.

"To say that we're not aware of it," he said, "is not the same to say that it doesn't exist."

But he said there was scant intelligence to suggest an immediate domestic threat from Al Qaeda or other terrorist groups, and voiced growing optimism about the government's ability to prevent and respond to terrorist strikes. . . .
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