Ridge Announces New Threat to New York and DC   Secretary of
Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, has announced a higher threat
level just for three cities - New York, Newark, NJ and
Washington, DC.  This information comes from specific
intelligence that was recovered the week before when suspected
terrorists were caught in Pakistan.  As a result, the terror
level for those cities has been raised to Orange, the second
highest level, representing a very high risk of terror attack.
The information was specific details of possible terrorist
targets in the US.  All were major financial institutions, such
as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank buildings in
Washington; the Prudential Financial building in New Jersey; and
the Citicorp buildings and the New York Stock Exchange in New
York.  Secretary Ridge could not say when a possible attack
might have been planned for, but did mention that the detail of
the research done on these sites was "alarming".  The
implication is that al Qaeda was planning to use car b