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January 19, 2005
Terror Threat Probe in Boston [Updated -4-]
The original Drudge headline said "search on for dirty bomb." It's since changed and this story appears above the fold: The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has partially activated its emergency response team this afternoon after the FBI triggered a massive manhunt yesterday for six people who may pose a terrorist threat to the city of Boston. Public safety officials are now holed up in the emergency bunker in Framingham until the threat has passed.... Developing.The linked story says this: The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency has been placed on standby, and public safety officials are meeting at the bunker, according to a published report Wednesday. This one is a bit more specific: Boston terror threat probedFederal and state authorities are investigating a nuclear terrorist threat against Boston after a man calling from Mexico told California police that he smuggled two Iraqis and four Chinese over the border, the Boston Herald has learned. More here: "There is no specific threat or target indicated." Update: Fox has finally picked up the story: Boston on Alert for Four Terror Suspects The FBI notified area law enforcement Wednesday to be on the lookout for four possible terror suspects who may be headed to Boston. A federal law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter remains under investigation, told The Associated Press that the FBI's joint terrorism task force has not yet corroborated a tip that the suspects entered the United States through Mexico in recent days, possibly bound for Boston. Update: This story says they are searching for six men, not four. Posted by Michele at January 19, 2005 04:30 PM | TrackBackComments
Okay...let's say for the moment that this thing is REAL and not some nutcase making a crank call to the CHP. Let's say that 6 men were smuggled across the Mexican border just like however many hundred or thousand everyday. According to the President's Immigration\Amnesty plan these 6 people should be allowed to stay right? I mean they came from Mexico, I'm sure El Presidente' Fox would agree that they should stay.
Posted by: Wayne Fielder Actually this is a realistic threat scenario. Detonate a "dirty bomb" from the interior by terrorist cell that infiltrated our porous border.
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