AP: U.S. Foresaw Terror Threats in 1970s
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Nearly three decades before the Sept. 11 attacks, a high-level government panel developed plans to protect the nation against terrorist acts ranging from radiological "dirty bombs" to airline missile attacks, according to declassified documents obtained by The Associated Press.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Thursday the threat to the United States from al Qaeda has not returned to levels seen just before the September 11 attacks nearly six years ago.
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More than three years after the United States was stunned by terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, its much-vaunted homeland security is still a work in progress.
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US officials are taking steps to head off fears that terrorists could use portable anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down civilian airliners.
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Five years after the September 11   attacks, the United States is safer but "we are not yet safe"   from a significantly degraded but still dangerous al Qaeda   threat, the White House said in a report on Tuesday.
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The third anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks come in the shadow of the presidential election and fears that al Qaeda is determined to disrupt the U.S. political process.
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Terrorists today would have a tougher time plotting and carrying out attacks like the ones of Sept. 11 because of security improvements in the past five years, President Bush said Thursday.
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The United States faces a range of threats from North Korean and Iranian missiles to a Sept. 11-scale attack by Islamist militants, inspired by Osama bin Laden and hardened by their experience in Iraq, top U.S. intelligence officials warned Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON: The US yesterday warned its citizens living in or passing through the Nordic and Baltic states of imminent terrorist attacks in crowded public places in those countries.
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Five years after the 9/11 attacks, New   York's top counterterrorism official said the United States is   facing the threat of home-grown terror.
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It seems as if the terrorist battleground was everywhere but in the United States this past year, yet clearly America and its allies were the targets.
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German authorities called on Friday for increased vigilance against possible terror attacks and said the kind of threat detected before the September 11, 2001 suicide hijackings in the United States had resurfaced.
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It's funny how many times over the past three years that "terrorist" threats have popped up whenever the Bush administration either wants something or is trying to distract people from its problems.
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The White House expressed concern Sunday about recent indications of a heightened terrorist threat and said it points to a greater need to promote the benefits of democracy.
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The American people are more vigilant than ever. We are ready to take on anything that threatens our security, our future or our values.
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President George W. Bush warned on the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 strikes that the world would face new tragedy if the United States shows weakness in the war on terrorism.
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The United States' war on terror is often portrayed abroad as an attempt to impose a bellicose culture, driven by the cultivation of fear.