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| 'Specific, credible terror threat' |
| 9/11 anniversary: 'Specific, credible terror threat' in US
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 9-September-2011
4:32:42 AM |
| U.S. officials said Thursday they were investigating a credible but unconfirmed threat that Al Qaeda was planning to use a car bomb to target bridges or tunnels in New York City or Washington to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the first tip of an "active plot" around that date.
The Homeland Security Department said the threat is credible and specific but unconfirmed. The nation's terror alert level has not changed, but raising it was under consideration Thursday night.
Law enforcement officials were investigating three people who recently entered the U.S. The threat was received by the U.S. intelligence community late Wednesday night, officials said.
"There is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information," said Janice Fedarcyk, the assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York division. "As we always do before important dates like the anniversary of 9/11, we will undoubtedly get more reporting in the coming days."
James McJunkin, the assistant FBI director in the Washington field office, said his agents weren't seeking any particular suspects.
"There's no named individual," he told reporters in a late-night news conference.
Security has been enhanced around the country in the weeks leading up to the 10th anniversary. Law enforcement officials have been wary, particularly after information gleaned from Osama bin Laden's compound in May indicated that Al Qaeda had considered attacking the U.S. on the anniversary and other important dates.
The threat came in a single piece of information and was so specific - and came at such a time of already heightened alert - that it could not be ignored. The officials described the threat to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive security matters.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters that police there were deploying additional resources around the city but that New Yorkers should go about their business as usual.
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