August 11, 2006
City and state officials have been aware of the unfolding terror threat for several months, authorities said yesterday, but security has mostly remained at the usual levels.
"The nature of this plot doesn't lend itself to the kind of avid, high-profile police presence that we have instituted in the wake of other terrorist plots," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said outside Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was visiting some injured city workers.
Still, the union representing Port Authority police criticized the PA, saying it had initially characterized the information as soft and essentially kept security at the airports unchanged.
"Prior to today, it was just another beautiful day in paradise," said Gus Danese, president of the Port Authority's Police Benevolent Association. "Now, all hell's breaking loose."
The authority would not comment on that criticism.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nysecu114847579aug11,0,7426395.story?coll=ny-nynews-printSo for weeks the powers that be all knew about this threat and everything was business has usual. Shouldn't they heighten security while the 'threat' is still on the loose? Why bother after they've put them in jail?