FC: FBI posts "skyfall" terrorism alert, says, oops, we'll rename

[Steve Schear]

I would be at all surprised if this alarming but useless announcement was 
meant to pressure Congress to keep the strictest measures in the 
anti-terrorism legislation before it.

At 05:57 PM 10/11/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:


>http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47510,00.html
>
>    FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
>    By Declan McCullagh (declan at wired.com)
>    2:35 p.m. Oct. 11, 2001 PDT
>
>    WASHINGTON -- In a brief but dramatic statement, the FBI warned
>    Thursday that Americans should expect additional terrorist attacks.
>
>    A two-sentence press release on FBI.gov said there "may be additional
>    terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests