AP Interview: Al-Qaida wants to strike U.S. with chemical, biological weap

[Kadie]

AP Interview: Al-Qaida wants to strike U.S. with chemical, biological weapon

KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Tuesday, May 18, 2004


05-18) 13:29 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

The top intelligence official at the Homeland Security Department, worried about an increased risk of attack in coming months, says al-Qaida wants to strike on U.S. soil with something other than a conventional explosive -- perhaps with a chemical or biological weapon.

Retired Lt. Gen. Patrick Hughes said in an Associated Press interview that America has gotten better at predicting and safeguarding itself against attacks since Sept. 11, 2001. But Hughes said he fears that new terrorists "are being made every single day on the streets of the Middle East."

As Homeland Secretary Tom Ridge prepares to testify Wednesday before the Sept. 11 commission in New York, Hughes and his deputies at the agency's information analysis division say the nation's security has improved since the terrorist attacks claimed nearly 3,000 lives.

"We had a dark age on 9/11," Hughes said in the interview Monday evening. "Now, we are trying to make ourselves more secure in a way that is palatable and constitutionally right."

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2004/05/18/national1629EDT0683.DTL

[NMDemDist2]

1. does this mean i need to stock up on duct tape? eom

[Kadie]

3. Don't forget the plastic.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. Palatable and constitutionally right

For Security that is
Palatable and constitutionally right
Try our new "Fascism Lite"

[shraby]

4. This one should be filed along with

the other "warnings" that terrorists are going to strike only this one tells what they are going to use.

[lefty_mcduff]

5. Perhaps this is why the Sarin goo-filled shell

was such a big deal in the RW echo chamber. Can't have the sheeple forgeting about this whole chemical weapon deal.

[Alerter_]

6. "New terrorists are being recruited everyday"

No kidding.

[lastknowngood]

7. News flash! every group except maybe the red cross wants to

hit us with WMDs. The shrub shore has made us safe and popular.

[alvis]

8. Oh they should just vote for dubya,

would do more damage.

Maybe should be editted for <snarky tag>

[Rosco T.]

9. .. and so, the setup begins.. n/m

[FDRrocks]

10. sell the fear n/t