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To: John Carragher who wrote (57393)	8/1/2004 3:17:07 PM
From: NickSE	Read Replies (2) of 793670

With the deadline given to Italy and the credible intel regarding a US attack, it appears AQ is in execution phase in both the US and Europe....ng Government warns of terrorist threat against specific buildings in New York, Washington, Newark, N.J. sfgate.com The federal government warned Sunday of possible terrorist attacks against "iconic" financial institutions in New York City, Washington and Newark, N.J., saying a confluence of intelligence over the weekend pointed to a car or truck bomb. Specifically, the government named these buildings as potential targets: * The Citicorp building and the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. * The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank buildings in Washington. * The Prudential building in Newark. "The preferred means of attack would be car or truck bombs," Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said in a briefing with journalists. "That would be a primary means of attack," he said. [...] The government provided a wealth of detail that it had picked up in the past 36 hours, but a senior intelligence official described it only on condition of anonymity. The official described "excruciating detail" and meticulous planning "indicative of al-Qaida." The official said the intelligence included security in and around these buildings; the flow of pedestrians; the best places for reconnaissance; how to make contact with employees who work in the buildings; the construction of the buildings; traffic patterns; locations of hospitals and police departments; and which days of the week present less security at these buildings. To illustrate the level of detail obtained, the official cited these examples: midweek pedestrian traffic of 14 people per minute on each side of the street for a total of 28 people; that some explosives might not be hot enough to melt steel; and that the construction of some buildings might prevent them from falling down. The official said he had not seen such extraordinary detail in his 24 years in intelligence work....

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