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Threat Assessment: Officials Warn of New Hijacking Attacks Al-Qaeda is believed to be preparing to conduct a new round of attacks using hijacked airliners later this summer, U.S. officials said yesterday (see GSN, July 10). Officials have learned of the suspected plot through interrogations of one or more captured senior al-Qaeda operatives, according to the Washington Post. Information received from al-Qaeda operatives has been corroborated through other methods, such as electronic intercepts, officials said. “The U.S. intelligence community has received information related to al-Qaeda’s continued interest in using commercial aviation here in the United States and abroad to further their cause,” Homeland Security Department spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. Homeland Security issued an alert with the new information to law enforcement agencies, security officials and airlines over the weekend, Johndroe said. There are no immediate plans, however, to raise the U.S. national terrorism alert level, which currently stands at “yellow,” indicating an elevated risk, Homeland Security officials said (Susan Schmidt, Washington Post, July 29).
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