Subject: AL QAEDA HANDBOOK-----POSE AS A VAGRANT------PERFECT FOR NEW YORK
Intelligence agencies are very aware that Al Qaeda has well trained
surveillance teams that can easily blend into their surroundings.
By MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Asking for increased vigilance in the wake of the London
bombings, the government is warning that terrorists may pose as vagrants to
conduct surveillance of buildings and mass transit stations to plot future
attacks.
"In light of the recent bombings in London, it is crucial that police, fire
and emergency medical personnel take notice of their surroundings, and be
aware of 'vagrants' who seem out of place or unfamiliar," said the message,
distributed via e-mail to some federal employees in Washington by the U.S.
Attorney's office.
It is based on a State Department report that was issued last week. The
State Department had no immediate comment Monday.
The warning is similar to one issued by the FBI before July 4, 2004 that
said terrorists may attempt surveillance disguised as homeless people, shoe
shiners, street vendors or street sweepers.
The e-mail stresses that there is no threat of an attack and that it is
intended to be "informative, not alarming."
Homeless people easily blend into urban landscapes, the message said.
"This is particularly true of our mass transit systems, where homeless
people tend to loiter unnoticed," the e-mail said.
It referred to a recent incident in Somerville, Mass., in which a police
officer became suspicious about someone dressed as a street person. The
officer questioned the man, discovered he had a passport from a "country of
interest" - typically a Middle Eastern or South Asian nation - and a
checkbook with a questionable address, the e-mail said. The investigation is
continuing, it said.
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Somerville police did not immediate provide comment.
Three British citizens were indicted in the United States earlier this year
on charges they conducted surveillance of the New York Stock Exchange and
other East Coast financial institutions in 2000 and 2001.
Discovery of the alleged terrorist plan last year prompted the Homeland
Security Department to raise the terror alert for the targeted buildings,
located in New York, Washington and Newark, N.J. Security in those cities
also was tightened.
Homeland Security also raised the terror alert for mass transit following
the July 7 bombings in London. The alert was lowered on Aug. 12.
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