It makes sense that there are still groups planning to attack the U.S. And you assume 9/11 is the bench mark for success and that FBI is not going to hold back at the hint of any possible threat.
BY James Gordon Meek In Washington and Rocco Parascandola and Larry Mcshane In New YorkNY DAILY NEWS NEW YORK — The massive FBI probe that triggered raids in Queens is focused on a Denver-based terror cell plotting another attack on the scale of 9/11, the Daily News learned Tuesday.
Hundreds of FBI agents are on the ground in Colorado, conducting round-the-clock surveillance on five suspects – including a man who recently visited Queens, sources told The News.
New York authorities searched three Flushing apartments and detained several men – later released – after getting a warrant to look for bomb-making components, explosive powders and fuses.
“The FBI is seriously spooked about these guys planning another 9/11,” a former senior counterterrorism official told the News. “This is not some … FBI informant-driven case. This is the real thing.”