The FBI and CIA last night authenticated a new al-Qaida videotape that includes a dire warning about a serious terror attack, while ABC News, which obtained the tape from a source in Pakistan, debates whether or not to air the disturbing footage “while people are voting.”
According to the Drudge Report, ABC News is struggling to find the correct journalistic “balance” in its response to the tape.
On the videotape, a man says in English: “The streets will run with blood,” and “America will mourn in silence” because they will be unable to count the number of the dead resulting from an attack promised to dwarf 9-11.
Drudge reports a senior federal official claims ABC is holding back from broadcasting any portion of the video out of fear it will be seen as a political move by the network during election week.
“This is not something you just throw out there while people are voting,” an ABC source explained to the Drudge Report.
In the videotape, the terrorist’s head and face are covered, making identification difficult. It appears to be from al-Qaida’s media liaison organization.
Intelligence sources say the man in the tape is college educated, either American born or raised in the U.S. They say he may be a terror suspect named Adam Gadhan, or Adam Pearlman, of Southern California.
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