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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/02/politics/02terror.html
U.S. Warns of High Risk of Qaeda Attack
(New York Times) - Intelligence officials on Sunday said al-Qaeda has moved ahead with plans to use car bombs or other modes of attack against prominent financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Citigroup buildings in Manhattan; Prudential Financial in Newark; and the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington. Officials said suspects were found with blueprints of the Prudential site and may have conducted a "test run" for an attack in recent days. In response, Tom Ridge, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, raised the threat level to code orange, or "high risk," for the financial sector in New York City, northern New Jersey, and Washington, and called for increased public vigilance. "The quality of this intelligence, based on multiple reporting streams in multiple locations, is rarely seen and it is alarming in both the amount and specificity of the information," Ridge said.