Capitol Hill Blue

08/04/04

Despite a highly-public terror alert which brought increased security and cost millions of taxpayer dollars, intelligence and law enforcement officials now admit they really don't know if current al-Qaida plans called for attacks against specific targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington. 'Yes, we may have blown it on this one,' admits one top administration intelligence source. 'After all this time, we really don't know that much about how these people think or what they are really up to.' ...

And while Bush administration spokesman claim publicly the terror alert was justified for security reasons, others within the White House complain privately that the timing of the alert was politically motivated...

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4970.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp