New York Daily News 02/16/12 - Joseph Straw
“Feds See no specific terror threat against the US”
There's "no credible or specific" evidence of an Iranian terror plot targeting the U.S., but officials are closely tracking the threat, the country's top homeland security official said Wednesday.
On Capitol Hill to pitch her agency's 2013 budget, homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano faced questions on Iran from House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-L.I.) and colleagues.
Napolitano said there's no proof Iran is poised to strike, but called the rogue regime "a threat that bears watching."
A blast in Bangkok linked to Iranians involved "sticky bombs" attached to vehicles, which experts say could be payback for the assassination of nuclear scientists Tehran blames on Israel.
But Thai police say they arrested two Iranian men after the accidental explosion, including one whose legs were blown off. Two more people were being sought.
In the Indian incident, which injured a diplomat's wife going to pick up her kids, a bomb was attached to a minivan with magnets - the same type of devices used to kill several Iranian scientists.
Common Sense Review
Napolitano needs to step down. Everyone knows Iran is a threat. It is common knowledge that the information given to Americans are just a small percentage of what the actually threat to the US. So to sit there asking for Budget 2013 approval and saying Iran is not a threat, is a complete insult to the intelligence to the people of the United States.
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