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July 11, 2005 THE BOMBINGS IN LONDON Possible 'Sleeper' Cells in U.S. Investigated # Homeland Security chief says the London attacks heighten concern about such groups. By Greg Miller, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON The head of the Department of Homeland Security indicated Sunday that U.S. agencies were investigating possible "sleeper" cells in the country, a concern heightened by Thursday's attacks in London. Asked whether there were Al Qaeda cells in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff pointed to groups in Portland, Ore., northern Virginia and elsewhere convicted on terrorism-related charges. "We've seen these cells," he said in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation." "And we're continuing to conduct active investigations of other cells." Chertoff's response appeared to go beyond remarks from other federal law enforcement officials in recent months. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified before Congress in February that he was "very concerned" about a lack of intelligence on networks of Al Qaeda operatives in the United States, but he stopped short of saying there were sleeper cells in the country. Critics have said that most cases brought in the United States against alleged terrorist cells have been weak, with little evidence of plots against domestic targets. Chertoff acknowledged that criticism but said U.S. agencies had been aggressive in disrupting groups before they became operational. "A sleeper cell can become operational in the blink of an eye," he told NBC's "Meet the Press." "We can't wait until the fuse is lit." -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
