NBC: Intelligence analysts cite ‘low’ concern(drudge/rove video)

[unfrigginreal]

The CIA is working to authenticate a videotape in which a man claiming to be an al-Qaida terrorist warns of devastating new attacks on the United States, federal officials told NBC News on Wednesday.

The existence of the tape was first reported Wednesday afternoon by Internet columnist Matt Drudge, who said it was obtained last weekend in Pakistan by ABC News. Drudge quoted an unidentified “senior ABC News source” as saying the network was “working 24 hours a day trying to authenticate” it.

U.S. officials told NBC News that the tape included now-standard militant Islamist rhetoric promising widespread destruction inside the United States. The man cannot be identified, the officials said, because his face is covered by a headdress.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said ABC gave the CIA a complete copy of the tape Monday. They described analysts’ concern as “low” because it is not clear that the tape was recorded recently and because the man on the tape, who speaks in what appears to be an American accent, mentions no details.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6345734/

[The Chronicler]

1. America's so much safer!

[bemildred]

2. How utterly transparent.

Where better than Iowa to attack the great satan?

[Itchinjim]

3. What the hell is ‘low’?

[cygy2k]

4. LOW

It means low, not Iowa, even thought thats what it looks like.

[sonicx]

5. Iowa's a swing state. maybe the terrists wanna give bush a hand there

:P

[DemFromMem]

6. Wouldn't be surprised if the White House sent the tape to ABC

I'm sure they have an assortment of tapes like this.

[troublemaker]

7. re: not clear that the tape was recorded recently

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1187532

[Pirate Smile]

8. What the hell??? Just this morning NBC did a story that started "Iowa is

under assault". I was like, what? where? .... "by both presidential campaigns"... and now this.

I must go buy duct tape. eom.:P