USA: U.S. sees credible but unconfirmed terrorism threat, focusing on Washington D.C. and New York City

Record ID: 725846

  • Title: USA: U.S. sees credible but unconfirmed terrorism threat, focusing on Washington D.C. and New York City
  • Date: 10th September 2011
  • Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING PUBLIC BUS PASSING U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING WHITE HOUSE PEOPLE WALKING BY WHITE HOUSE CARS PASSING U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT U.S. FEDERAL RESERVE BUILDING NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE) (REUTERS) VARIOUS PEOPLE WALKING ON WALL STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 3, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR TIMES SQUARE SUBWAY STATION VARIOUS POLICE CHECKING BAGS INSIDE SUBWAY STATION NYPD (NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT) SIGN VARIOUS POLICE INSIDE SUBWAY STATION POLICEMAN WALKING WITH DOG VARIOUS POLICE CARS IN TIMES SQUARE VARIOUS POLICE OFFICERS IN TIMES SQUARE POLICE CARS IN TIMES SQUARE WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 3, 2011)(REUTERS) METRO RIDERS GOING THROUGH TURNSTILES WITH POLICE OFFICER APPROACHING COMMUTER POLICE WITH COMMUTERS COMMUTERS GOING THROUGH TURNSTILES CLOSEUP OF POLICE BADGE METRO TRANSIT POLICE CAR VARIOUS AMTRAK POLICE CARS WITH UNION STATION EXTERIOR PEOPLE WALKING
  • Embargoed: 25th September 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA8T9LEZP2OVWMZCMICRQHDET0Z
  • Story Text: President Barack Obama on Thursday (September 8) ordered a redoubling of counter-terrorism efforts in the face of a "credible but unconfirmed" threat ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
    U.S. officials, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, said the threat involved Washington D.C. and New York City -- the sites involved in the al Qaeda attacks a decade ago this Sunday (September 11) that killed nearly 3,000 people.
    A law enforcement source said a manhunt was underway for two or three suspects.
    But the officials used strong caveats when discussing the threat information privately, with a national security official cautioning that experts thought the threat would ultimately not check out.
    The White House said Obama was briefed on specific threat information on Thursday morning, and noted that the U.S. government had already "enhanced its security posture" ahead of the anniversary.
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which said only last week that there was no credible information that al Qaeda was plotting an attack around the Sept. 11 anniversary, declined to offer details on the threat.
    It cautioned that there were always threat reports before important dates like the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
    A second law-enforcement source played down an ABC News report about missing rental trucks -- saying the vehicles had been recovered and there was no connection to terrorism.
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