Archive for February 1st, 2011

* U.S. Intel Officials Warn Wall Street Execs of Al Qaeda Plot … including potential anthrax attack

Posted by DXer on February 1, 2011

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NBC just reported news about planned terrorist attacks on Wall Street execs that have been identified by the FBI.
Al Qaeda in Yemen is said to have mentioned Wall Street figures in discovered documents. The FBI warns they may be planning bomb or anthrax attacks.
The Feds are working with Wall Street mailrooms and the NYPD to prevent the attack.

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FoxNews reports (2/1/11) …

U.S. intelligence officials reportedly have warned executives at major Wall Street banks that they may be targeted in a terror plot by Al Qaeda militants based in Yemen.
Large financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase, Barclays, and others have been briefed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and New York Police Department about the nature of the threats, WNBC-TV reported late Monday.
There was “no indication of a targeted assassination plot,” an unnamed official told the station, explaining the threats were general in nature. However, there are still fears that the names of certain Wall Street executives have been discussed by terrorists based overseas, the report said.
Intelligence analysts said they were concerned Yemen-based militants may try to send package bombs or biological or chemical agents to bankers in the mail, a threat that has led authorities to urge the companies to increase security in and around their mailrooms.

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CASE CLOSED is Lew Weinstein’s novel

about the FBI’s failed investigation

of the 2001 anthrax attacks

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