hehe Baltimore harbor tunnel. Ingenious. Whatever will Bush do without Rove.
Dana On 10/19/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You mean like this one: > http://www.antiwrap.com/?751 > > washingtonpost.com <http://washingtonpost.com> > Terror Threat Ties Up Baltimore Tunnels > Midday Traffic Disruption Follows Warning Received From Overseas Informant > > By Eric Rich and John Wagner > Washington Post Staff Writers > Wednesday, October 19, 2005; B05 > > A warning from an overseas informant that terrorists planned to > detonate explosives in a tunnel under the Baltimore harbor led state > officials to temporarily close one of the harbor's two highway tunnels > shortly before noon yesterday and to restrict travel in the other > tunnel, officials said. > > Less than two weeks after the New York subway system was blanketed > with security because of a terror threat that proved unsubstantiated, > the Harbor Tunnel on Interstate 895 was closed for more than 90 > minutes and vehicles were searched at the Fort McHenry Tunnel on I-95, > where one lane remained open in each direction. Anti-terror > investigators conducted interviews and searches in response to the > informant's tip, which federal officials said was uncorroborated. > > Three Egyptians and one Jordanian -- all connected to businesses in > the Baltimore area -- were detained on immigration violations as a > result of the interviews, a federal law enforcement source said. The > source spoke on the condition of anonymity, as did others for this > article, because of the sensitivity of the investigation. > > "The information was somewhat specific as to date and time," said > Kevin Perkins, special agent in charge of the FBI's Baltimore field > office. "At this point, no evidence collected to date has corroborated > the threat." > > Perkins did not describe the tip in detail. According to two law > enforcement sources, authorities were acting on information that six > Egyptian or foreign terrorists were to receive bomb-making materials > by ship, assemble them and load them onto vehicles to be detonated in > one or both tunnels. > > Yet even as investigators continued to pursue the possibility that > terrorists had targeted a tunnel, others questioned the effectiveness > of the government response. Some drew parallels to the transit-system > warning issued in New York by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (R) in > response to information, also from an overseas informant, that > authorities in Washington described at the time as "non-credible." > > Rep. Jane Harman (Calif.), ranking Democrat on the House intelligence > committee, said the episodes show that the homeland security > intelligence system "is seriously challenged" and not coordinating as > it should. > > "Data collection may have been flawed. The analysis may have been > flawed. Adequate information may not have been shared, and we still > have turf wars going on," Harman said. "It surely doesn't make local > officials happy." > > Mayor Martin O'Malley (D) and Baltimore Police Commissioner Leonard D. > Hamm said they learned of the tunnel closure from the news media -- an > apparent communication failure that O'Malley termed a "little glitch." > > "I'm not aware of what the grounds were to close it," said O'Malley, > speaking at police headquarters. "Maybe there are facts. I'm not aware > of those facts if they exist." > > Gary W. McLhinney, chief of the Maryland Transportation Authority > Police, defended his agency's decision to close the tunnel. "I'm not > going to hesitate to close a facility if I think it's the proper thing > to do," he said. "We're going to err on the side of public safety each > and every time." > > Appearing later with FBI and state officials at an afternoon news > conference, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) called the day's operations > "seamless." Ehrlich downplayed O'Malley's concerns, as did McLhinney, > who said city police officers were included on a task force that was > working on the case and that had been briefed on potential tunnel > closures. > > Ehrlich appeared annoyed by continuing media questions about what city > officials knew, breaking in at one point to note that there was no > phone call made right beforehand to Baltimore County Executive James > T. Smith Jr., whose jurisdiction also was affected. > > In a joint statement, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security > described the warning as a "potential threat of undetermined > credibility to an unspecified tunnel." The agencies said, "We support > whatever protective measures" state and local officials deem necessary > until the investigation is completed. > > "At this time, we're taking it seriously and, later on, based on the > information we get, others can make the determination of whether it's > credible or not," said James M. Pettit, a spokesman for the governor's > office of homeland security. "We're just acting out of an abundance of > caution." > > According to a law enforcement source, the overseas informant provided > the names of several people said to be involved in, or to have > knowledge of, the alleged threat. > > "We're taking it seriously because the person is naming names," the > source said. "It might not turn out to be anything." > > Staff writers Spencer S. Hsu, Sari Horwitz and Mary Otto contributed > to this report. > > (c) 2005 The Washington Post Company > > On 10/18/05, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > it seems to me like you are insinuating that the white house > > likes to create psuedo disasters in order to mask its own gross > > ineptitudes and scandalous affairs less media friendly when compared > > to those terrorist attacks, or evil doer actions, or nuclear weapons, or > > wars in foreign sovereign nations? hmmm. not our president. > > not the GREAT president of the GREATEST nation of the world? > > > > holy shit, i swear to fucking something that if this moron is REALLY > > doing all of this to do all of that, i mean, what the fuck. are you > serious? > > > > what a disastrous crushing blow to the american everything that we > > really need to do something to get this fucknut the fuck outta fucking > office. > > merry christmas kiss my ass, holy shit. > > > > tw > > > > On 10/18/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am thinking, hmm, let's divert an airplane to Maine because someone > named > > > Ahmed is on board. That always plays well. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > On 10/18/05, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Cheney's name has come up amid indications Fitzgerald may be > edging > > > > closer to a > > > > > blockbuster conspiracy charge - with help from a secret snitch. > > > > > > > > well now... where do you think the nuke'll be popped? > > > > > > > > or will it be another anthrax-in-the-mail scare? > > > > > > > > not cynical or anything... > > > > > > > > not at all... > > > > > > > > -- > > > > will > > > > > > > > > > > > "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; > > > > and that would just be unacceptable." > > > > - Carrie Fisher > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:177485 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
