http://drudgereport.com/abct.htm XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED OCT 27, 2004 12:42:01 ET XXXXX ABCNEWS HOLDS TERROR WARNING TAPE **Exclusive** In the last week before the election, ABCNEWS is holding a videotaped message from a purported al Qaeda terrorist warning of a new attack on America, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. The terrorist claims on tape the next attack will dwarf 9/11. "The streets will run with blood," and "America will mourn in silence" because they will be unable to count the number of the dead. Further claims: America has brought this on itself for electing George Bush who has made war on Islam by destroying the Taliban and making war on Al Qaeda. ABCNEWS strongly denies holding the tape back from broadcast over political concerns during the last days of the election. The CIA is analyzing the tape, a top federal source tells the DRUDGE REPORT. ABCNEWS obtained the tape from a source in Waziristan, Pakistan over the weekend, sources tells DRUDGE. "We have been working 24 hours a day trying to authenticate [the tape]," a senior ABCNEWS source said Wednesday morning, dismissing a claim that ABC was planning to air portions of the video during Monday's WORLD NEWS TONIGHT. The terrorist's face is concealed by a headdress, and he speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual. US intelligence officials believe the man on tape may be Adam Gadhan - aka Adam Pearlman, a California native who was highlighted by the FBI in May as an individual most likely to be involved in or have knowledge of the next al Qaeda attacks. According to the FBI, Gadahn, 25, attended al-Qaida training camps and served as an al-Qaida translator. The disturbing tape runs an hour -- the man simply identifies himself as 'Assam the American.' MORE
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041027/media_nm/security_abcnews_dc_2 ABC News Gives Attack Threat Tape to FBI, CIA 21 minutes ago Entertainment - Reuters Industry By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ABC News has asked U.S. security officials to examine a videotape it obtained in Pakistan of an English-speaking man threatening a massive attack on the United States in retaliation for its war against al Qaeda, the network said on Wednesday. A source familiar with the tape -- whose authenticity U.S. intelligence officials have so far been unable to verify -- said it contains a threat that the "streets will run with blood." Responding to questions about the tape after its existence was first reported by Internet columnist Matt Drudge, ABC News vice president Jeffrey Schneider said the network has not aired the video because its authenticity has not been verified. "We've been working around the clock in an effort to authenticate the content of the tape," Schneider told Reuters. "We have worked with the CIA (news - web sites) and the FBI (news - web sites), neither of whom have authenticated the tape. Obviously, it would be beyond irresponsible to broadcast this tape without first authenticating it." He said the tape was obtained from a source in Pakistan over the weekend and arrived in New York on Monday, where it was first viewed by network officials. He declined to discuss details of it. Government officials in Washington confirmed that the CIA was analyzing the videotape. One official said it was not yet known whether the tape is authentic or a hoax. The source familiar with the tape told Reuters that the hourlong video features a man, whose face is concealed by a headdress, warning that a forthcoming attack on the United States would dwarf the suicide hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001, that claimed nearly 3,000 lives. According to the source, the man says, "The streets will run with blood" and says the United States has brought this on itself for electing a president who has declared war on Islam by attacking the former Taliban rulers in Afghanistan (news - web sites) and waging war against al Qaeda. The source added that linguistic experts who have examined the tape believe the man, who identifies himself only as "Assam the American," learned English at a very young age but is not a native speaker of the language. "The intelligence community is analyzing it, working to verify its authenticity," White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters in Vienna, Ohio. A U.S. intelligence official said, "We have been unable to verify the tape's authenticity." The official added the review was continuing. The question of whether the United States could be subjected to another Sept. 11-type attack has been a major issue in the presidential campaign. (additional reporting by Toby Zakaria and James Vicini in Washington
The terrorist's face is concealed by a headdress, and he speaks in an American accent, making it difficult to identify the individual. Karl Rove!!!
Maybe the terrorists are just going to claim responsibility for the carnage that will take place on the streets of Boston should the Red Sox seal the deal on the World Series tonight.
Not only do I live a few miles away from all of the chemical plants and the ship channel, I have to get on a plane the night before the election. It's a good thing I don't let this stuff get to me.
Try taking a subway train to Grand Central and walking through Times Square to get to work every day!
You have a short memory. In the 350 tons of high explosive thread, folks are saying "why so close to election". "Not important". Now we have them making hay about something the intelligence agencies are saying is a low risk threat. Also consider the source, since the blue dress he's been whiffing a lot.
Further evidence that we need George Bush to protect our country from these azzclowns. Kerry's idea of letting them hit us, then getting France's approval to go in with a handful of special forces troops ain't gonna cut it.
the source is ABC, Woofer. ABC is claiming they came upon the tape in Pakistan. i crown you the new king of partisanship, though.
I am partisan but I can also tell the truth from fiction and grey from black and white. You don't expect a response? You want your opponents to lay down because speaking against someone is unpatriotic? You're the one who can't see the same arguments in the other thread applying just as well here. As I put forth an effort to rebut every one of those or others have in that thread, here you seem to dismiss them out of hand just because? This would be the one of if not the first tape actually released to the Western media before Arab media. You have no questions about that? The CIA is unable to authenticate a videotape in which a man claiming to be an al-Qaida terrorist warns of devastating new attacks on the United States, a senior U.S. intelligence official told NBC News on Wednesday http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6345734/ Here's what Bush says to folks that are against him. http://media.texansfortruth.org/bushuncensored.mov
Yes because nobody can fund and arm terrorists like a Bush or Reagan. Followed by a made up statement by selectively misquoting Kerry.
i didn't verify it's authenticity. i have not the first freaking clue where it came from. and neither do you. you said this was drudge running interference. this was a freaking b freaking c. not drudge. i'm sure in your mind abc is in bush's back pocket. where did i say speaking against someone was unpatriotic??? or anything about opponents lying down??? i dont' have the first clue what you're talking about.
It's ****ing or friggin'... it's never "freaking". Got it? You may continue running around your office desk now in a panic...
Drudge broke it first. He had some story within the last week that was just as poor, truth wise and hasn't hit a home run since Monica. The CIA attempted to authenticate it and said not gonna do it. We could certainly wait for more data but then that just gives validity to the story as being *truthful* just like the crap the Swift Boat liars got on the air for a month. Merely speculating on why you think partisanship is bad. Mindless partisanship is bad, see Crossfire, but no one is truly objective, and you seem to think that is a valid and final counterargument. Part of the other post seems to imply that speaking out is uncalled for, and the opposite of that is laying passively and letting someone walk over you. re: ABC I think most mass media outlets are ignorant and lazy, going for sleaze over substance most of the time.
woofer -- i'm apparently not smart enough to understand any of the last paragraph you just posted. as for the first one...i don't know who broke the story. i know that yahoo had the AP story up as soon as i saw the story on drudge. but why does it matter?? it's another news agency...abc...that has the tape. until they say, "what??? there's no tape!!" it's a story. we can speculate all day long as to whether or not its real, but i'm still not smart enough to know that either. i'm not sure i see the benefit in this message for the bush administration.
