IP: Re: new terrorist threat

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 09:42:36 -0500
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Jordan Jones <jorjones () cisco com>
> Subject: Re: IP: new terrorist threat
>
> At 05:27 PM 10-29-2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > > CNN: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcoft to announce details of new 
> > > terrorist threat at 5:30 p.m. EST news conference
>
> Dave --
>
> I don't know about you, but I find these vague threat announcements 
> offensive and think that they provide aid and comfort to the enemy. All 
> al-Qaeda needs to do to terrorize this country now is leak a vague threat.
>
> Don't get me wrong, I do not doubt that there are serious threats coming 
> our way, as well as real violence behind them. But I think the AG should 
> say that the police and military should maintain their highest level of 
> alert, and leave it at that. He should only talk to the public when there 
> are some specifics to go on.
>
> Also, in today's Washington Post, there was this:
> "Assistant D.C. police chief Terrance W. Gainer expressed annoyance last 
> night, saying he had learned of the high state of alert through telephone 
> calls from reporters about the announcement.
>
> "'Being told to turn on CNN or CNBC doesn't seem to be the best way to 
> communicate what law enforcement ought to know,' Gainer said. 'Having one 
> more breathless announcement with absolutely no or little substance is not 
> terribly helpful.'"
> <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7816-2001Oct29.html>
>
> Regards,
>
> Jordan


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