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Although U.S. intelligence officials had warned that al Qaeda wanted to disrupt the U.S. electoral process, they remain fearful of a terrorist strike through the presidential inauguration Jan. 20 and beyond, Loy said.
"I don't like the idea of a beginning and an end" to the heightened alert posture, Loy said. "We're as concerned today as we were a month ago. The whole notion of taking a deep breath and saying 'Wow, we made it through that' is a dangerous train of thought," he added.
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Although U.S. intelligence officials had warned that al Qaeda wanted to disrupt the U.S. electoral process, they remain fearful of a terrorist strike through the presidential inauguration Jan. 20 and beyond, Loy said.
"I don't like the idea of a beginning and an end" to the heightened alert posture, Loy said. "We're as concerned today as we were a month ago. The whole notion of taking a deep breath and saying 'Wow, we made it through that' is a dangerous train of thought," he added.
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- bill 11-11-2004 3:45 pm