WASHINGTON (AFP) – US intelligence services chased reports of a potential terrorist threat Tuesday as President Barack Obama was sworn in before massive crowds amid an unprecedented security lockdown.
Officials were tightlipped about the seriousness of the terrorist threat, with the Department of Homeland Security saying the information was "of limited specificity and uncertain credibility."
But a Homeland Security official, who asked not to be identified, said it was linked to a militant Somali group called al-Shabab.
"The FBI has acknowledged publicly that there has been a lot of incoming information, all of which we are running to ground. This is the only specific bulletin that has gone out," the official said.more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/pl_afp/uspoliticsinaugurationsecurity
Officials were tightlipped about the seriousness of the terrorist threat, with the Department of Homeland Security saying the information was "of limited specificity and uncertain credibility."
But a Homeland Security official, who asked not to be identified, said it was linked to a militant Somali group called al-Shabab.
"The FBI has acknowledged publicly that there has been a lot of incoming information, all of which we are running to ground. This is the only specific bulletin that has gone out," the official said.more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/pl_afp/uspoliticsinaugurationsecurity
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