May 2010
13 posts
STATUS ALERT: (DEACTIVATED)
The GCIS Situation Room is now on deactivated status. It was placed on ACTIVE STATUS at 7:33 am pst by authorization of the Director of Griffith Colson Intelligence Service to monitor the NYC Car Bomb Plot.
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: Hunt on for...
2 MAY 2010 4:10PM PST By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - Investigators are treating a car bomb defused in New York’s Times Square as an attempted terrorist attack but have no evidence to support a Taliban claim of responsibility, police said on Sunday. Police are poring over surveillance camera footage and a device made of propane, gasoline and fireworks after officers,...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: President...
2 MAY 2010 2:21PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has talked to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg about the car bomb discovered in Times Square. Obama is expected to discuss the Saturday night Times Square incident when he meets with reporters Sunday afternoon during a visit to southern Louisiana. Obama spoke with Bloomberg while traveling to Venice, La., for a firsthand...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: Authorities...
By Jerry Markon and Joby Warrick Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 2, 2010; 1:32PM PST U.S. officials were racing Sunday to determine whether the attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square was connected to international terrorism, as a Taliban group issued a statement claiming responsibility for the plot. The group, Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan, said the attack was to...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: Pakistani...
By TOM HAYS and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press May 2, 2010 11:50AM PST NEW YORK — Police combed through a charred SUV and a crude assortment of explosives Sunday for clues to a failed Times Square bombing, and a monitoring group said the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the terror threat. An intelligence monitoring group released a one-minute video allegedly from the...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: Pakistani...
2 MAY 2010 11:37AM PST CAIRO, Egypt — The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the failed car bomb attack in Times Square in New York City. In 1 minute video allegedly released by the Pakistani Taliban, the group says the attack is revenge for the death of its leader Baitullah Mehsud and the recent killings of the top leaders of al-Qaida in Iraq. Images of the slain militants...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: NYC's...
2 MAY 2010 10:11AM PST GCIS UPDATE (USA TODAY REPORTS): Earlier this morning, I learned more about what Marriott Marquis guests experienced last night from Kathy Duffy, who handles public relations for Marriott’s New York hotels. Since the suspicious vehicle was parked on the 45th Street side of the Marquis, NYPD told the hotel to evacuate that side of the building. Since the hotel...
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FOX — Officials are combing through evidence connected with the car bomb found overnight in a parked SUV in New York’s Times Square, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday, calling the incident a possible terrorist attack. “It could be an act of terrorism,” Napolitano told “Fox News Sunday.” Though authorities have not publicly...
GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT UPDATE: Who tried to...
By MICHAEL ROSTON There’s no indication yet behind who may have tried to explode a Nissan Pathfinder in New York City’s Times Square last night. Governor Paterson has called the attempt an act of terrorism, but no particular motivation has been alleged. On the one hand, it could have been a terrorist who just hates the Lion King: The Musical. But there’s another serious possibility that...
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2 MAY 2010 7:22AM PST (CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Sunday that the car bomb found in New York City’s Times Square was being handled as a “potential terrorist attack.” In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Napolitano said it was too early to…
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2 MAY 2010 6:48AM PST GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM UPDATE - New York City police officer disarmed a bomb found in an SUV in Times Square Saturday night. According to several media accounts, a T-shirt vendor told police of a suspicious vehicle parked outside of the Marriott Marquis…
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2 MAY 2010 6:32AM PST GCIS COUNTER-TERRORISM ALERT- Authorities are searching for a suspect and motive after an attempted carbombing Saturday night in Midtown Manhattan. A Nissan Pathfinder was found smoking in Times Square, forcing the evacuation of thousands from 43rd to 48th…
