New intelligence on planned attack: MSNBC ( even have flight numbers)

[jbfam4]

http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3775771&p1=0

NBC, MSNBC and news services
Updated: 8:57 p.m. ET Dec. 23, 2003
New intelligence information indicates that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his top deputy personally approved the suspected terrorist attack plan that led the government to raise the nation's terror threat assessment this week, U.S. officials told NBC News on Tuesday.


The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said U.S. intelligence agencies had gathered detailed information about the plan, in which they said al-Qaida operatives would hijack foreign airliners and fly them into targets in the United States. In some instances, the intelligence is so detailed as to include specific flight numbers, they said.

The Defense Department said Tuesday that it was broadening air patrols throughout the country. Security forces have put several U.S. airports under intense scrutiny, the U.S. officials told NBC's Jim Miklaszewski, specifically naming Newark International Airport in New Jersey.

[Maine-i-acs]

1. Didn't Clinton investigate and disrupt the Millennium Plot without -

- disgorging a slew of press releases about the ongoing pursuit?

Shrub&Co are patting themselves on the back a little too much, too soon, and too loudly.

[rfranklin]

2. Pure propaganda--they can't release 9/11 info...

which is years old for fear of "compromising sources," yet they can immediately divulge that they know intricate details of this week's plot. And why the hell can't they capture Osama if they know all these details. Horseshit!

[jbfam4]

3. right

If they know so many specific details like the number of the flight and the cities........why did they make this grand announcement and change the color code? Let's keep the country in fear and trembling because only the gop can deal with security issues. Yeah, the same way they did with 9-11.

[cprise]

4. Agreed-- This has go to be Propaganda

"U.S. officials and terrorism experts also have identified some potential targets, including at least one small town that would appear an unlikely objective. "

Time to mobilize the base for re-election!

Give me a f-cking break. I can't believe these traitorous pricks.

And just how is anyone going to hijack a set of planes with the post 9-11 provisions in place? Are they going to bring along a battering ram to break the reinforced door to the pilot cabin?

This is beyond belief.

[jbfam4]

5. supposed to use planes from other countries

where security isn't as good as ours.

[cprise]

6. Then the planes would be low on fuel.

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