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To: Bilow who wrote (37255)	8/12/2002 11:56:52 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 281500

Bilow, do you think heightened security measures deterred a terrorist threat to the Golden Gate Bridge this weekend. Threat prompts security boost on Golden Gate Bridge Monday, August 12, 2002 (08-12) 08:22 PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- National Guardsmen patrolled below and federal officials watched the skies over the Golden Gate Bridge during Monday morning's commute, wrapping up a weekend of intensified monitoring due to the latest word of a potential terrorist threat. The bridge was placed on a "super-heightened" state of alert Friday through Sunday after information was shared through an interagency coalition Friday, said Mary Currie, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District. Traffic for Monday morning's commute appeared normal, and security was downgraded to the "heightened" state of alert the bridge has been operating under since the Sept. 11 attacks, Currie said. The California Highway Patrol, FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies "all aggressively are doing exactly what needs to be done to protect and keep the Golden Gate Bridge secure," Currie said. She would not elaborate on the details of the threat or specify the information's source. However, the Contra Costa Times reported that the bridge district board's president, Harold C. Brown, confirmed the FBI was gauging the credibility of a threat that terrorists planned to crash an aircraft into the span. Authorities advised Gov. Gray Davis of the threat on Saturday morning, said Steve Maviglio, the governor's spokesman. Davis "took appropriate action," Maviglio said. He would not elaborate. While the military and law enforcement have patrolled the bridge for months, the nature of the weekend security boost hasn't been seen since July, when Spanish authorities recovered a videotape of potential U.S. targets believed to have been filmed by members of the al-Qaida terrorist network. The footage, filmed before the attacks, included shots of the bridge's suspension anchors and also featured other American landmarks, including Disneyland, Chicago's Sears Tower and New York's Statue of Liberty.