Seattle Times

07/09/04

In the latest warning that al-Qaida terrorists are preparing to attack the United States before the November elections, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge yesterday alerted Americans that the terror group was readying a large-scale strike. ... The warning caused some skeptics to ask whether it was politically motivated to help President Bush's re-election chances. And Senate Democrats used Ridge's warning to criticize Republican leaders they said had put off Senate consideration of important homeland-security legislation to
take up other bills important to the conservative business and social agenda...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp