Terror attack on US may be “imminent.”
ABCNEWS reports that a terrorist attack on the US, possibly involving “soft targets,” such as shopping malls, may be “imminent.”
The intelligence, received a week ago but secret until now, is from known Muslim extremists who suggested an attack — possibly in the U.S. — was imminent, and that operatives were already “in place,” sources tell ABCNEWS.… Sources tell ABCNEWS the information is not specific enough to raise the national threat level from yellow to orange. In addition, officials have not seen a huge surge in intelligence information.
During the summer of 2001 there had been much chatter. Then, just before 9/11 there was a lull in intelligence chatter. Since we civilians don’t have access to the data the “chatter” reports come from, we cannot rely on them for any purpose.
The ABCNEWS report is another sign that we should be vigilant and aware, as always.