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.
ABC News: Info Leading to Recent Terror Alert Was Fabricated
HeadlineFeb 14, 2003