Local NYC newsradio: Threat "specific to place, time and method" (bomb) >

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CREDIBLE THREAT?
Oct 6, 2005 7:08 pm US/Eastern

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A law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the threat was ``specific to place, time and method,'' and that the method is bombing.

``We have never had before a specific threat to our subway system,'' Bloomberg said at a news conference, adding that he planned to take the subway home Thursday night. ``Its importance was enhanced above the normal level by the detail that was available to us from intelligence sources.''

In Washington, Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke said the agency received what it called a ``specific but doubtful threat'' to the subway system.

``The intelligence community has concluded this information to be of doubtful credibility,'' Knocke said. ``We shared this information early on with state and local authorities in New York.''

Knocke refused to elaborate on why the intelligence was considered doubtful, nor would he comment on whether it was linked to an arrest Wednesday by in Iraq as reported by CNN. Knocke said he assumed New York City's public warning was made ``out of an abundance of caution.''

Federal law enforcement officials ``do not believe there was any ability to carry out the plot and have not been able to corroborate any of the facts of the plot,'' a government official in Washington said. This account was confirmed by a second government official.

Both officials said the plot that has been described was unusually specific, although they declined to provide any details. They both spoke only on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing.