7 October 2008: Latest Update

Posted on October 7, 2008

7 October 2008: Latest Updates

Update No. 10 – 7 Oct -12 am Eastern: There are no new updates to report from NIN. There are no new pertinent emails or comments. At this point all we can do is hope that these reports were incorrect and that October 7 will pass into the history books relatively uneventfully. If it does we will be relieved and happy. But we will nonetheless be right back where we were before this latest specific threat; back into this dangerous new world of ongoing nebulous threats. We will of course continue to post any important updates throughout the day.

A personal message from Radarsite: Radarsite has reported these events to the very best of our ability. But we are not invested in disaster. If this day passes without incident, I personally will be thrilled. I do not feel as though the credibility of Radarsite is dependent upon its ability to accurately predict the future, but rather in our willingness to report the most credible threats to our vulnerable nation. I have utmost faith in our reader’s ability to understand what a fine line we all walk in this new world of ours, between unnecessarily alarming people, and ignoring important warning signs. If these same circumstances were to come together again, I think I would make the same decisions.
Let us all hope and pray that we can finally let this story move down the line and take its place among the archives.
God bless America.
Roger W. Gardner
Radarsite

Update No. 9 – 6 Oct – 8:45 pm Eastern: This just in from MSNBC:
FBI warns of potential terror attacks on public buildings
Posted on Monday, October 06, 2008 5:54 PM ET
Filed Under: Terrorism
By Jim Popkin, NBC News Senior Investigative Producer
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical “note” to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives.
Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have “no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States.” The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because “it is important for local authorities and building owners and operators to be aware of potential attack tactics.”
According to the note obtained by NBC News, a “recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on seizing a publicly accessible building and damaging or destroying it with explosive charges.”
Read the entire article here: MSNBC
We do not know whether or not this announcement has any bearing on the 7 October warning, but we are posting it because of its apparent relevance. [Thanks to Jennifer]