U.S. Intelligence Warns of Al Qaeda Terror Attack

U.S. Intelligence Warns of Al Qaeda Terror Attack

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Tuesday , September 23, 2008

This is a rush transcript from “America’s Election HQ,” September 22, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
MARTHA MACCALLUM, HOST: U.S. intelligence officials are warning of an Al Qaeda October surprise attack — an attempt they say to possibly influenced our upcoming election.

This comes after two major terrorist attacks back-to-back in Pakistan and Yemen and after intercepting a series of messages from Al Qaeda’s leaders telling its followers to prepare for more instructions. Authorities say U.S. bases and our allies overseas could be possible targets.

So how serious is this warning this time around?

Former CIA agent Gary Berntsen just got back from Afghanistan. He’s the author of the new book, “The Walk-In.”

Gary, welcome. Always good to talk to you.

GARY BERNTSEN, FORMER CIA AGENT: Nice seeing you again, Martha.

MACCALLUM: You know, a lot of folks might hear that intro and say, oh, you know, they are just trying to scare us again, this is what happened before every election. We hear that something like this might happened. Is there intelligence that you think substantiates that concern?

BERNSTEN: Well, these historical precedents where you have the al Qaeda doing an attack on, you know, the Spanish back on the 11th of March in 2004.

MACCALLUM: And, boy, that should work in their favor, ain’t it?

BERNTSEN: Well, of course. But, you know, the thing is this is that such an attack in the United States wouldn’t benefit either political party here and all Americans are, you know, united in their effort to block such an attack and defeat Al Qaeda. The more likely scenario would be they would be trying to attack some of our allies in trying to peel them off from the coalition that George Bush has built to defeat them.

MACCALLUM: And what areas are you particularly worried about?

BERNTSEN: Well, I think that, you know, you have to go back to Europe because there’s a large number of Al Qaeda in Europe, probably more in London than any other place. But you know, we’ve had a growth of these guys back in Latin America again.

You know, before, we had a problem in the tri-border area which is where Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil meet. We have had attacks that are launched there that unsuccessful on those days, but you know, with the movement to the left in Latin America, there’s less cooperation, and you know, this is a problem for the U.S.

MACCALLUM: You know, when you talk about an attack on the military and U.S. allies abroad, does that mean that Al Qaeda is,

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