City Takes Precautions Folliowing Online Dirty Bomb Threats

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Vehicle checkpoints and other counterterrorism precautions continue in New York City Saturday. Officers were out in force overnight following unsubstantiated online threats about a truck packed with radioactive material. Police have been stopping cars and inspecting trucks in lower Manhattan and various other places around the city. They say they're also deploying extra radiological sensors on street, water and air patrols.

The Department of Homeland Security says there is no credible information about a current threat. Police say an Israeli Web site reported that the online dirty bomb threats followed a video released Sunday. It featured American al-Qaida member Adam Gadahn threatening foreign diplomats and embassies in majority-Muslim countries.

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