Wall Street banks alerted of potential terrorist threat

<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wall-Street-Money-Never-Sleeps/dp/B004A2AN5G?ie=UTF8&tag=cosdelcri-21&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B004A2AN5G&tag=cosdelcri-21" /></a>Wall Street<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=cosdelcri-21&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B004A2AN5G" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> banks alerted of potential terrorist threat - CNN.com: "A possible al Qaeda threat against Wall Street banks prompted counter-terrorism officials to meet with security personnel at several financial institutions, a source told CNN Tuesday.<br /> An English-language publication, Inspire, reportedly published by a group called al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, suggested targeting 'government-owned property, banks, (and) global corporations,' said the source with knowledge of the meetings. 'Private (U.S.) citizens should also be targeted,' the magazine said, according to the source.<br /> The magazine prompted federal authorities to alert the banks in a process that's become relatively common since the September 11, 2001, attacks.<br /> There were several briefings to accommodate multiple banks, the source said.<br /> Citigroup Security and Investigative Services chief Joseph Petro said he sent a companywide e-mail to employees explaining the potential threat."

Wall Street banks alerted of potential terrorist threat

Wall Street banks alerted of potential terrorist threat - CNN.com: "A possible al Qaeda threat against Wall Street banks prompted coun...

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