Report: FBI Hostage Rescue Team Prepared For Terror Raids If Needed
September 16, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
The New York Daily News is reporting that the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team arrived in New York in anticipation of an offensive to thwart any terror plot related to this weeks terror raids in Queens.
The NY Daily News also reports that another source said an earlier raid uncovered nine backpacks and cell phones. We have been unable to confirm this report.
The source told The Daily news that authorities feared a potential attack on the city subway, with its 5.2 million daily riders.FBI Director Robert Mueller, speaking at a Senate hearing Wednesday, said the plot posed “no imminent danger.”"New Yorkers are well benefited from the work of the NYPD and Commissioner Ray Kelly,” said Mueller, offering no other details on the HRT deployment.
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Local and Federal Law Enforcement officials have not confirmed this report.
