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Law Enforcement: No Link Between Letter Sent to Congress, Times Square Bombing

Friday, March 07, 2008

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“The letter is in essence advice to Democratic legislators. It’s innocuous,” said New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. “It’s the type of thing you hear on television all the time. ...The FBI questioned this individual yesterday and they pretty much discounted it.”

But though there wasn’t a link to the Times Square blast, the investigation into the letters is ongoing, Capitol Hill sources told FOX News.

Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill were startled to receive the notes in their office mail Thursday afternoon, just hours after the early morning New York bombing, and turned them over to the Capitol Police.

In a phone interview with WNYW-TV in New York, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Pete King (R-NY), said more letters could be discovered Friday morning because of the sheer number that was sent.

Meanwhile, law enforcement officials were investigating whether the explosion was connected to strikingly similar bombings at two foreign consulates in New York.

And authorities were revisiting a recent incident last month involving four men who tried to flee a checkpoint at the border with Canada when Canadian officials attempted to question them, according to Kelly.

Two of the men got away, leaving behind a backpack that included photos of locations in New York City, including the recruitment center at Times Square, the commissioner said.

Investigators continued to scrutinize surveillance video and forensic evidence after an apparent bicycle-riding bomber struck the landmark station Thursday, scarring one of the world’s most recognizable locations.

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Pentagon Bans Google Earth From Military Bases

Friday, March 07, 2008

WASHINGTON — Citing security risks, the Pentagon banned Google teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases after images of a Texas base ended up on the popular Internet site.

A message sent to all Defense Department bases and installations around the country late last week told officials not to allow the mapping Web site to take panoramic views inside the facilities.

Google said taking such pictures is against its policy and that the incident was a mistake.

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Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, chief of the U.S. Northern Command, said Thursday that that the decision to issue a formal ban was made after at least one Google crew requested and then was permitted access to a base, identified in the message as Fort Sam Houston.

He said he was concerned that allowing the 360-degree, street-level view could provide sensitive information to potential adversaries and endanger base personnel.

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