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...based on the photos released along with his ?wanted? notice after September 11. The APB for Shukrijumah has been renewed this year, with Attorney General John Ashcroft calling attention to him in a press conference in May and officials sounding the alarm again in connection with the recent "Orange Alert" for sites in New york, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. There is a particular alert for Shukrijumah along the U.S.?s southwest border, and officials in Mexico and Central America are on the lookout for him - especially after he was reportedly sighted earlier this year in a Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Internet...
...POLITICS OF ALERTS A TIME poll shows Bush's advantage on fighting terrorism is waning and voters have other issues on their minds. But both his and Kerry's campaigns were thrown off by the alert...
...about the politics of the Ridge press conference. Jane Harman, senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, quickly cut them off. Everyone should "take this threat very seriously," she told them. Indeed, members of Congress themselves may be in the terrorists' sights. Two days before Ridge issued his nationwide alert, an FBI official warned a congressional leader that he and other top legislative officials could be targeted by al-Qaeda in Washington or on their trips around the country...
...sites identified by the terrorists, the security measures served as unmistakable signs that despite terrorism-alert fatigue among many Americans, the government feels it has little choice but to brace the public for another big attack. Bomb-sniffing dogs and explosives-detection teams reappeared in subways and outside public landmarks. In Washington, police set up barricades and checkpoints around the Capitol that could remain in place through Inauguration Day in January. Inside the secure war room at the Department of Homeland Security, officials from various agencies marked dozens of potential targets, ranging from the IMF and the World Bank...
...politics at the Department of Homeland Security." TOM RIDGE, Secretary of Homeland Security, responding to allegations that last week's terrorism alert was politically motivated...