....but John Kerry is a BAD MAN.
Material Behind New U.S. Alert Is Years Old
Tue Aug 3, 2004 08:35 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Much of the information obtained from al Qaeda that led
the United States to raise terror alerts in Washington and New York was at
least three years old but a top U.S. official said on Tuesday it remained
relevant.
Asked in morning television interviews whether material gathered more than three
years ago was out of date, White House homeland security adviser, Fran
Townsend, said this was not the case.
She said al Qaeda had originally collected information about key financial
buildings in the United States in 2000 and 2001 but that this was updated as
recently as January of this year.
"What we have learned about the 9/11 attacks, is that they do them (plan for
attacks), years in advance and then update them before they launch the
attacks," she told ABC's "Good Morning America" show, referring to the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks against America.
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