{"id":2872,"date":"2004-10-12T13:46:59","date_gmt":"2004-10-13T03:46:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/october-surprise-on-its-way\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:49:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:49:18","slug":"october-surprise-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/12\/october-surprise-on-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"October Surprise on its way?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10066,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.seanbonner.com\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/000967.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20090525103135\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.seanbonner.com:80\\\/blog\\\/archives\\\/000967.php&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 00:45:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10067,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2004\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/10\\\/12\\\/senator.terror\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260311005521\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2004\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/10\\\/12\\\/senator.terror\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.cnn.com\\\/2004\\\/ALLPOLITICS\\\/10\\\/12\\\/senator.terror\\\/index.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10068,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.boingboing.net\\\/2004\\\/10\\\/12\\\/law_enforcement_memo.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060116224415\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.boingboing.net:80\\\/2004\\\/10\\\/12\\\/law_enforcement_memo.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/boingboing.net\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:33:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8822,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/click.linksynergy.com\\\/fs-bin\\\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&amp;offerid=78941.10000002&amp;subid=0&amp;type=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Sean Bonner: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seanbonner.com\/blog\/archives\/000967.php\" title=\"'Imminent' Terrorist Attack?\">&#8220;Imminent&#8221; Terrorist Attack?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  I have a friend with a job that makes certain Police Department memos things he needs to take note of. This is the one he got this morning. I&#8217;ve known this person for a very long time and I&#8217;m vouching for it&#8217;s authenticity:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n    Subject: FW: Terrorist Attack on US Soil is Imminent Importance: High<\/p>\n<p>    LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE<\/p>\n<p>    At the meeting of the Southern District of the Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC) that was held yesterday in Houston, US Attorney Michael Shelby informed the group that a terrorist attack of 09\/11\/01 proportions was going to be carried out on US soil within the next 6 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>    Mr.\u00a0Shelby stated that on 09\/13\/04, US Attorney General John Ashcroft\u00a0had a conference call with all 93 US Attorneys, an event which is extremely rare. \u00a0The US Attorneys were informed that without a doubt\u00a0an attack was going to be perpetrated in the US within the next 6 weeks, prior to the elections. \u00a0Mr.\u00a0Shelby urgently requested that all law enforcement be aware of any situation that may be out of the ordinary and report the activity immediately. \u00a0Mr.\u00a0Shelby also requested that\u00a0we get the word out to patrol officers and detectives to talk to their informants and report anything odd or remotely suspicious. \u00a0Mr.\u00a0Shelby ended this warning by saying that unless we get a bit of &#8220;luck&#8221; and\u00a0the attack can be detected and prevented, that another attack of 9\/11\u00a0scale will be carried out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Please disseminate to all of your law enforcement contacts ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>    New Mexico Investigative Support Center<\/p>\n<p>    Direct Line: \u00a0 \u00a0505-541-7000 Fax: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0505-541-7006<\/p>\n<p>    John E. Vinson, Director\n  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CNN: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2004\/ALLPOLITICS\/10\/12\/senator.terror\/index.html\" title=\"Sen. Dayton closes Capitol Hill office over terror worries\">Sen.\u00a0Dayton closes Capitol Hill office over terror worries<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  A Democratic senator said he will close his Capitol Hill office until after the November 2 election, fearing a possible terrorist attack that could harm his staff or visitors.<\/p>\n<p>  Sen.\u00a0Mark Dayton of Minnesota issued a statement Tuesday, citing a &#8220;top-secret intelligence report on our national security&#8221; provided to congressional members by Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>  &#8220;Based upon that information,&#8221; Dayton wrote, &#8220;I have decided to close my office in the Russell Senate Office Building until after the upcoming election.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cheery, no? Reality, or paranoia &#8212; who can tell, these days?<\/p>\n<p>(both via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2004\/10\/12\/law_enforcement_memo.html\" title=\"Law enforcement memo of 'imminent' terror attack?\">Boing Boing<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"61\" height=\"15\" alt=\"iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;bids=78941.10000002&#38;subid=0&#38;type=4&#38;gridnum=-1\"><\/a> &#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBiafra, Jello%2526albumTerm=No More Cocoons%2526songTerm=May All Your Dreams Be Wonderful%26partnerId%3D30\">May All Your Dreams Be Wonderful<\/a>&#8220; by <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBiafra, Jello%26partnerId%3D30\">Biafra, Jello<\/a> from the album <em><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=xLsJkztrnNY&#38;offerid=78941&#38;type=3&#38;subid=0&#38;tmpid=1826&#38;RD_PARM1=itms%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZSearch.woa%252Fwa%252Fcom.apple.jingle.search.DirectAction%252FadvancedSearchResults%253FartistTerm%253DBiafra, Jello%2526albumTerm=No More Cocoons%26partnerId%3D30\">No More Cocoons<\/a><\/em> (1987, 10:39).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumblings of possible terrorist attacks in the coming month. Real? Paranoia? Who can tell?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2042],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}