Credible Threat From al Qaeda In Yemen

CNN reports the United States is closely monitoring a “credible threat” from al Qaeda in Yemen against the U.S. homeland.

At the same time, one official Wednesday cautioned that the threat is fairly general in nature and does not have too much specificity — and the second said this is not a case of “we connected the dots to something imminent.”

The first official did say, though, that the U.S. had gleaned that al Qaeda is already “adapting” to new U.S. security measures and that, in part, has raised the concerns.

A third source said that in following up on accused Christmas Day airplane bomber Omar Farouk AbdulMutallab, officials came across some information relevant to aviation. A fourth source confirmed the information has to do with aviation and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). The level of concern is “measurable” this source said, adding “There is more prickling of the neck hair.”

The U.S. has some information about time frame, this source continued, saying, “It is more definitive than it usually is.”

via ‘Credible threat’ from al Qaeda in Yemen – CNN.com.