Oh yeah, that subway threat?
Did al Qaeda plot to release cyanide gas in New York City subways? A new book details the alleged plan, but the former chief of White House counterterrorism said there are reasons to be skeptical about the report.
…In his new book, “The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America’s Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11,” Suskind wrote that an al Qaeda cell in the United States came within 45 days of attempting to detonate a crude device with small containers of deadly chemicals.
“There’s reason to be skeptical,” said ABC News consultant Richard Clarke, who is the former chief of White House counterterrorism. “Just because something is labeled in an intelligence report does not mean every word in it is true.”
He said the information describing the plot would have been just one of the hundreds of threats that would have been collected in 2003.
Furthermore, the specificity of the report is suspect, he said.
“Whenever you get reports that are this specific, they are usually made up,” he said. </i>
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