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| Threat prompts security boost on Golden Gate Bridge |
| 2002-08-12 |
| Various state and federal law enforcement officials increased patrols on and around the Golden Gate Bridge on Sunday after bridge district officials learned of a potential terrorist threat 11 months after attacks on New York and Washington. Ummm... The way that's written, it sounds like they took eleven months to learn about the threat, but that it was contemporaneous with the 9-11 attack... The bridge was placed on a "super-heightened" state of alert after information was shared through an interagency coalition Friday, said Mary Currie, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District. The California Highway Patrol, FBI, U.S. Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration and other agencies "all aggressively are doing exactly what needs to be done to protect and keep the Golden Gate Bridge secure," Currie said. Are they doing a better job that at the airports? Harold C. Brown, told the Contra Costa Times the FBI was gauging the credibility of a threat that terrorists planned to crash an aircraft into the span. That's a worse threat than attacking the bridge with plastic cutlery. Credible or not, I'd guess that once the mission's compromised, the Bad Guys have dropped it... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |