With just hours to go before the ball drops, the FBI in New York says it knows of no credible terrorist threats involving the traditional New Year’s Eve celebration in Manhattan’s famed Times Square.
“While there’s no credible threat, the FBI and NYPD, as they do every year, will have a large security effort in and around Times Square,” FBI agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman for the New York office, told AOL News.
Kolko said the FBI and New York police will have fully operational control centers and teams of bomb techs to respond to suspicious packages. Hazmat and SWAT teams, evidence techs and hostage negotiators will also be on hand.
To read more click here.
OTHER STORIES OF INTEREST
- Airports Consider Ditching TSA (Washington Post)
- NM Gov. Refuses to Pardon Billy the Kid (AP)
- FBI Ends Probe into Cruise Ship Death (AP)
- Texas Cop Slain While Protecting Child (AP)
- DEA’s Joseph Evans is ticklethewire.com’s Fed Of The Year (ticklethewire.com)
- Russian Spy Busted in NY Gives First TV Interview (Bloomberg)
