Reply #94: The alert

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Attorney General Ashcroft Transcript
News Conference with FBI Director Mueller
DOJ Conference Room
October 29, 2001
http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/speeches/2001/agcrisisremarks10_29.htm

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Tuesday's Homeland Security Briefing
Press Briefing by Director of the Office of Homeland Security, Governor Tom Ridge; Director of Emergency Environmental Health Service, CDC, Dr. Pat Meehan; Deputy Postmaster General John Nolan; National Institution of Health, Dr. Anthony Fauci
The James S. Brady Briefing Room
October 30, 2001
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011030-3.html

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Ashcroft: New terror attack possible

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States should be on heightened alert in the coming days because of possible new terrorist action, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft said Monday afternoon.

In a quickly called news conference, Ashcroft said intelligence sources had found "credible" information the nation could be the focus for some sort of terrorist attack within the week. He called on law enforcement agencies, citizens and U.S. interests abroad to be on "highest alert."
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The information authorities received was not specific but was sufficient to share with the public, Ashcroft said.
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The information is good, said FBI Director Robert Mueller, who also attended the conference.

Officials do not know what might be attacked, or how, said Mueller, calling on police and citizens to be "extremely vigilant." He declined to name the source of the information.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/29/gen.attack.on.terror/

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