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ABC News: Info Leading to Recent Terror Alert Was Fabricated

HeadlineFeb 14, 2003

On the home front, ABC News is reporting a key piece of the information leading to the recent terror alert was fabricated. Two senior law enforcement officials in Washington and New York said that a claim made by a captured al-Qaeda member that Washington, New York or Florida would be hit by a dirty bomb sometime this week was false. But it was only after the threat level was elevated to orange that the informant was subjected to a polygraph test by the FBI.

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