FBI outlines possibility of a Mumbai-style attack on D.C.

Published January 8, 2009 5:00am ET



Federal authorities warned of a Mumbai-style terrorist attack to a group of nearly 400 D.C.-area businesspeople gathered for an inaugural security briefing.

Special Agent Andrew McCabe, chief of the counterterrorism division of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, gave a presentation advising business managers to double-check their security plans and prepare for the possibility of sophisticated terrorists. He added that “no credible threats to the inauguration” currently exist.

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