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Homeland Security director Tom Ridge said Thursday the U.S. continues to see intelligence that al Qaeda is moving forward with its plans to conduct an attack in the U.S. in an effort to disrupt our democratic process. Ridge s warning came more than month after Attorney General John Ashcroft warned that al Qaeda planned an attack sometime this summer. While officials remain worried, the amount of chatter has not increased in recent weeks. Still some officials are citing a steady drumbeat of recent and credible intelligence, and U.S. security agents say the summer of risk is upon the nation, with the upcoming presidential election posing a potential dangers, reports CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr. There are some worries that upcoming political conventions in Boston and New York could be terror targets. But there is no hard evidence that terrorists are plotting against the conventions and no specific credible stanley us information detailing any possible U.S. attack, reports Orr.But security analysts suspect al Qaeda s leaders want to build on the successful attack launched in March when a series of train bombings in Madrid seemed to alter the outcome of Spain s elections, reports Orr. We have credible information that al Qaeda wishes to accomplish much t stanley cup he same terrorist act within the United States in the next several months, said FBI Director Robert Meuller. We lack precise knowledge of the time, place or metho stanley us d of that attack, Rid Egpr Stone Cold Phony Sought In ID Theft
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the former prisoner of war who s accused of endangering comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan, is asking President Barack Obama to pardon him before leaving office.White House and Justice Department officials said Saturday that Bergdahl had submitted copies of the clemency request seeking leniency. If granted by Obama, it would allow B mizuno handballschuh ergdahl to avert a military trial scheduled for April where he faces charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. The misbehavior charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.If the pardon isn t granted, Bergdahl s defense team said it will expand its legal strategy to the new administration by filing a motion arguing President-elect Donald Trump viol chanclas yeezy ated his due process rights with scathing public comments about the case.The pardon request to Obama, first reported by The New York Times, was confirmed by White House and Justice Department officials who weren t authorized to discuss the matter by name.Bergdahl, of Hailey, Idaho, walked off his post in Afghanistan in 2009 and was held captive by the Taliban and its allies for five years.The Obama administration s decision in May 2014 to exchange him for five Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prompted criticism that included some Republicans accusing Obama of jeopard crocs schuhe izing nation s safety. Some lawmakers were outraged that the administration didn t give Congress a 30-day notice about transferring the detainees, a

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LONDON CNNMoney -- The American manufacturer of aluminum composite panels used as cladding in London s Grenfell Tower has halted sales of the product for use in high rise buildings.At least 79 people were killed when the building burnt down on June 14.Arconic, which was spun out of Alcoa in 2016, supplied its Reynobond PE panels to a distributor for the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in 2015. Arconic is discontinuing global sales of Reynobond PE for use in high-rise applications, the company said in a statement. We believe this is the right decision because of the inconsistency of building codes across the world and issues that have arisen in the wake of the Grenfell Tower trage mizuno running dy regarding code compliance of cladding systems in the context of buildings overall designs. Shares in Arconic fell more than 6% Monday.A criminal investigation has begun into the trage hoka winterschuhe dy.The police investigation is focused on how the blaze started, how it spread so fast and whether any person or organizations should be held responsible.Samples of insulation from the tower and equivalent aluminum composite tiles sent by police for analysis have failed safety tests.The British government is car nike air force rying out tests on 600 high-rise buildings across England that are covered in cladding. So far, 60 have failed the safety tests, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

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