<h1 class="title-news">Credible' Terrorist Threat Reported By U.S. Officials (UPDATE)
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Federal authorities are investigating a possible
terrorist threat to the United States, just days before the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to Fox News. </p>
ABC News has more details. Intelligence officials told ABC that three
individuals entered the country with the intent of launching a
'vehicle-borne attack' against New York or Washington D.C., around the anniversary of 9/11.</p>
The suspected terrorists may have originated from Afghanistan, according to a senior official.</p>
One official added that at least two rental trucks -- one from Penske
and one from Budget -- were being sought nationwide. The Budget GMC
truck and the Penske GMC both were missing from locations in Kansas
City, Missouri. It was not immediately known if that search was
connected to the plot.</p>
The threat -- described as “specific" and "credible" -- has
not yet been confirmed, reports NBC.</p>
A senior administration official also told Fox that President Obama
has been briefed on the threat. Some members of Congress have
also been briefed on the unconfirmed threat, reports CNN.</p>
According to NBC, who spoke with two U.S. officials, discussions are
under way about whether the threat warning status should be raised. </p>
More from HuffPost reporter Andrea Stone: </p>
Matthew Chandler, spokesman for the Department of Homeland
Security, confirmed to The Huffington Post that there is a "specific,
credible but unconfirmed threat" of an attack on 9/11.
Based on intelligence gathered from the Osama bin Laden) raid in May,
al Qaeda "has shown an interest in important dates and anniversaries,
such as 9/11," he said. "As we always do before important dates like the
anniversary of 9/11, we will undoubtedly get more reporting in the
coming days. Sometimes this reporting is credible and warrants intense
focus, other times it lacks credibility and is highly unlikely to be
reflective of real plots underway.</p>
"Regardless, we take all threat reporting seriously, and we have
taken, and will continue to take all steps necessary to mitigate any
threats that arise. We continue to ask the American people to remain
vigilant as we head into the weekend.”</p>
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