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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: H-Man who wrote (312035)	10/29/2002 7:23:12 PM
From: MSI	Respond to of 769670

The question was what can change the election ... Here is what happened exactly a year ago. Any bets on a repeat ? Ashcroft: New terror attack possible October 29, 2001 Posted: 9:32 p.m. EST (0232 GMT) Attorney General John Ashcroft -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States should be on heightened alert in the coming days because of possible new terrorist action, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday afternoon. In a quickly called news conference, Ashcroft said intelligence sources had found "credible" information the nation could be the focus for some sort of terrorist attack within the week. He called on law enforcement agencies, citizens and U.S. interests abroad to be on "highest alert." As if to underscore his warning, an American Airlines Boeing 757 en route from New York to Dallas, Texas, Monday evening was diverted to Washington's Dulles International Airport after a threatening note was found on the plane, CNN learned. Flight 785 had taken off carrying 141 passengers and a crew of eight when the note was found, a source told CNN. The FAA ordered the flight to Dulles, where the passengers exited via emergency chutes as officials closed off the western side of the airport. Ashcroft took Monday's information seriously enough to cancel a planned trip Monday night to Toronto, Canada, where he was scheduled to speak Tuesday to a meeting of the International Association of Police Chiefs. The information authorities received was not specific but was sufficient to share with the public, Ashcroft said.