Teddy Bear Terror Threat?
— -- The purchase of Valentine's Day teddy bears along with propane fuel and BB pellets draws suspicion in California. Congress is opening a probe into the failure of U.S. interlligence in the Sept. 11 attacks. And a North Carolina truck driver reports a possible hijacking attempt.
Worrisome Purchase of Toy Bears, Fuel, BBs
S A N T A C L A R I T A, Calif., Feb. 14 — A man who purchased several smallpropane canisters, Valentine's Day teddy bears and BB gun pelletsfrom a Wal-Mart store in this Los Angeles suburb is now beingsought by the FBI.
Although the purchase made last month could be harmless, the FBIsaid Wednesday, the items could be assembled into small bombs.
The agency received an anonymous tip last week that a manbetween the ages of 22 and 35 and possibly of Arab descent paidcash for the items on Jan. 15 and left the Santa Clarita store in awhite delivery truck.
"The man is not a suspect," the FBI's Los Angeles office saidin a statement. "The FBI is interested in identifying the whitedelivery truck and this man in an effort to clarify the nature ofhis purpose."
According to the FBI, the man purchased seven twin-pack propanefuel canisters, each 8 inches tall; 12 packs of BB pellets, eachcontaining about 350 BBs; and nine white Valentine's Day teddybears, each about 20 inches tall.
— Reuters
Congress Probes Intelligence Failure in Sept. 11 Attacks
W A S H I N G T O N, Feb. 14 — Leaders of the two congressional intelligence committees announced a wide-ranging inquiry today into why the CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies failed to learn of and prevent the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
"We owe this to the 3,000 who died, their families, and the rest of America," said Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
The joint inquiry will include the membership of both the House and Senate intelligence committees.
"We must leave no stone unturned," said Sen. Richard Shelby, vice chairman of the Senate panel. "We've got to turn them all up."
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