Intelligence officials appearing Tuesday before a Senate panel: Leon E. Panetta, the C.I.A. director, second from left; Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence, center; and Robert S. Mueller III, the F.B.I. director, second from right. Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesSenators Warned Of Terrorist Attack On U.S. By July -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.
The assessment by Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence, was much starker than his view last year, when he emphasized the considerable progress in the campaign to debilitate Al Qaeda and said that the global economic meltdown, rather than the prospect of a major terrorist attack, was the “primary near-term security concern of the United States.”
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Terrorist attempt 'certain' in months -- Washington Times
Intelligence chiefs say another terror attempt in U.S. is 'certain' -- CNN
Intel chiefs warn terror threat is real -- UPI
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