WASHINGTON – Federal authorities have come across what they believe may be a credible threat to the U.S. homeland surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, several sources tell Fox News.

The threat, said to involve potential car bombs, would target New York City or Washington, D.C., sources said. Authorities have obtained what they believe is information on possible suspects tied to central Al Qaeda, but they have not necessarily determined names of possible suspects.


"As we know from the intelligence gathered from the [bin Laden] raid, Al Qaeda has shown an interest in important dates and anniversaries, such as 9/11," Department of Homeland Security spokesman Matt Chandler said in a written statement. "In this instance, it's accurate that there is specific, credible but unconfirmed threat information."

According to a senior U.S. official with knowledge of the threat, "People are aggressively pursuing leads,” and it is "specific enough to elicit worry." Another senior U.S. official stressed the threat is still “unconfirmed” so it is being chased down and investigated. It was identified in intelligence received from overseas.

A White House official says Obama was briefed this morning and has been updated throughout the day. And, official said, “the President directed the counterterrorism community to redouble its efforts in response to this credible but unconfirmed information."

"It feels more than aspirational," one official said.

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security were drafting a bulletin Thursday night to send to local law enforcement across the country.

"We have a duty to warn,” the senior U.S. official said.

U.S. officials have been saying for days that there is no known credible threat related to the anniversary. But when asked Thursday by reporters whether that’s still the case, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano seemed to at first hesitate.

Then she said:

"It is still the case that we don't have something that would reach that standard, but we still have lots of chatter out there. And we take every bit of that seriously and track it down. ... The date is important because it's 9/11. But as I said, in the intel world there's lots of chatter and we're taking it all seriously. Should there be something that rises to the level where I have to issue a threat advisory, we will issue a threat advisory."

One U.S. official said that the intelligence came from tribal areas of Pakistan. The source of the reporting is known to the US intelligence community and "has a track record," as one source put it.

There were documents found inside Usama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan that mentioned aspirations to strike on the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/08/authorities-find-possible-credible-threat-to-us-homeland-around-11-anniversary/#ixzz1XPhUofHN

This was a little bit ago, I just watched on ABC News that they have the names of atleast three Muslim Terrorists that came n to the United States through Dubai in August. There are trucks missing and the FBI and CIA are actvly looking for these terrorists.

Obama blw it once again. I guarantee he knew they were here from the beginning, hoping like an amature that they would lead to something bigger but hats not how terror cells operate. To bad we didn't elect someone with experience.

Remember he said he wouldn't deport illegals as long as they were not committing other crimes. Well if you wait for them to commit a crime you waited too long.

Hopefully Obama will be impeached and tried as an accessory to murder if one person dies as a result of this.

Really? He is just one man...and the USA was built on immigration.....Shouldn't there be more to blame here than a single entity? And we don't have enough man power to watch every person constantly....besides who do we blame for letting Timothy McVeigh into the country oh yeah right I forgot he was born here.....the Columbine shooting....oh right that was a US citizen too......both were acts that caused terror......is home grown any less worse than a foriegn entity?

Faux News is not reliable news anyway.

But I did hear that there is a threat targeting New York and DC that they say may be credible. Not from the garbage network called Fox though making it more believable of course.

Nothing that can be blamed on Obama though at least not legitimately or sanely.

Obama admitted that his administration had a policy to not look for or deport illegal immigrants if they did not commit any other crime. That means we pay immigration to not do their job. Yea he has some blame because of this policy.

I don't like B.O. either, but you really can't pin this on him. Handling this sort of thing is not the president's job. If the TSA and the various tentacles of the military complex can't handle this job which is specifically designated to them, disband them and start anew.

More to blame hell yes, but it has nothing to do with illegal immigration in this case. They all came in through valid ports with what appeared to be valid identifications. They know their names, yet they are not reacting until now.

Maybe if Obama had people with EXPERIENCE in critical positions *cough* former CIA director when the intelligance was gathered, Secretary of Homeland Security, Attorney General etc. etc. *cough* we wouldn't be in this position.

This whole attitude of the little fish leading to the big fish doesn't work with terrorist cells, thats the way it was designed. If that's not the case and he truly had no idea this was going on then he is a bigger moron then I thought he was and needs to be removed from office immediately.

It's been on ABC, CBS and MSNBC. Nice try. Not to mention Fox News is polled the most trusted news source in the world.

Faux news is garbage. They couldn't get it right if it was told to them right from get....lol

But I did hear something from elsewhere but it still isn't Obama's fault at any level.

Defending your Fuhrer I see.

What? Seriously, sir-this is not good fodder for going on the offensive against BO. At least pick something that he can logically be blamed for.

If Obama is really this stupid, he needs to clear out his cabinet and reset.

Is that how you think of your preference for president? If not, neither does anyone else with theirs.

Come on lets be grown ups here okay?

I don't need to defend Obama. If it could be legitimately blamed on him, then he would be at fault but it can't.

Faux news is garbage, sorry.

Johnny Cashless says;
Here's some of what Barry can take the credit for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n8K5b3gFvI&feature=player_embedded

U tube is not a valid source of information either.

Sometimes it is. Certainly moreso than MSM.