TODAY'S CENTRAL FOCUS:

Newspaper Asks Was The Shoe-Bomber A Trial Run?

[Terror Group Reference: al-Qaeda]

By Steve Macko, ERRI Risk Analyst

SAN FRANCISCO: Investigators on both sides of the Atlantic are still gathering evidence, looking for any possible links between would-be airline shoe-bomber Richard Reid and the al-Qaeda terrorist organization. According to a report over the weekend in the San Francisco Chronicle, intelligence officials are seriously considering a disturbing theory: that Reid's bombing attempt may had been a "trial run" for future, simultaneous attacks against jetliners to be carried out by supporters of master terrorist Usama bin Laden.

According to the report, U.S. and British intelligence officials believe that Reid, a British national, on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami on 22 December was a "foot soldier" sent to check the destructive power of a shoe bomb. One senior British intelligence official said there are indications that "more than a few, but less than a dozen" individuals may be preparing similar attacks in the near future. Counterterrorism officials cite similarities with a weapon developed by the infamous Ramzi Yousef, who plotted a series of simultaneous attacks on U.S. airliners in the mid-1990s.

One unnamed, high-ranking intelligence official said: "There is a definite pattern here with Yousef's past attacks that we would be foolish to ignore. They have tried this before, and they are trying it again."

A preliminary study by the Federal Bureau of Investigation indicated that Reid's black suede high-top basketball shoes contained between 8 and 10 ounces of the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) -- dubbed "The Mother of Satan" by Palestinian militants, because its inherent instability makes it dangerous to both the victims and bomb maker. The TATP in Reid's shoes was said to had been "blended" with an explosive called pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), which can be ignited with a normal cigarette lighter. PETN is a key ingredient of Semtex, the Czech-made military explosive used to down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988.

A British intelligence official explained to the Chronicle: "These bombs are sophisticated devices. They would have been difficult and dangerous to produce. Reid could not have done this himself -- he would have trouble tying his own shoelaces. It seems we may have an expert bomb maker on the loose in Europe."

Investigators are also looking into the origins of the money used by Reid, who has no visible means of support, as he traveled to seven different countries in 2001. Among the cities Reid traveled to was Amsterdam. The Binnenlandse Veiligheids Dienst (BVD), the Dutch security service, is attempting to reconstruct Reid's movements and to establish whether an al-Qaeda cell there may be plotting attacks on passenger jets.

The newspaper said Reid has told FBI agents that he contacted Dutch arms dealers on the Internet and paid US$1,800 for the explosives. But intelligence sources speculate that Reid obtained them from an al-Qaeda explosives expert in Amsterdam, who adapted the shoes in preparation for Reid's attempted attack.

FBI and British anti-terrorist sources have concluded that the shoe-bomb plot originated with the ideas of Ramzi Yousef, an early al-Qaeda operative who suggested flying airliners into buildings. While moving around in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Far East, Yousef reportedly trained other bin Laden terrorists in the use of explosives and told them of a plan he code-named "Project Bojinka" -- "bojinka" means "explosion" in Serbo-Croat. Designed to be a terrorist "spectacular" event, Yousef planned to blow up 11 U.S. passenger jets scheduled to fly simultaneously over the Far East in January 1995 by using tiny, undetectable bombs.

Yousef is said to had produced a stable, liquid form of nitroglycerine from an array of chemicals, including sulfuric acid and nitrobenzene, and fashioned them into devices that were undetectable by airport security devices. He converted a Casio digital watch into a timing switch, hid the liquid nitroglycerine in a contact lens case, with cotton wool as a stabilizer, and then used two 9-volt batteries to power light-bulb filaments to spark an explosion. Yousef hid the bomb components in the heels of his shoes, knowing most air- port security systems do not scan the soles of feet.

MORNING NEWS BRIEFS

ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA: Zacarias Moussaoui, the first person charged as an accomplice in the 9/11 attacks, has decided to plead innocent to charges he conspired to kill and maim thousands of victims. His lawyer said: "We will be entering a plea of not guilty to all of the charges in the indictment." Moussaoui's arraignment is on Wednesday in U.S. District Court, where security was expected to be extraordinarily heavy.

British Newspaper Reports Shoe-Bomb And Hijack Suspects Linked

[Terror Group Reference: al-Qaeda, HAMAS]

UNITED KINGDOM: According to a British newspaper report on Monday, the would-be shoe-bomb suspect who attempted to blow up an American Airlines jetliner over the Atlantic Ocean has been linked by British intelligence to an indicted co-conspirator of the 9/11 attacks. The Observer newspaper said Richard Reid was monitored by British intelligence talking on the telephone last year with hijack suspect Zacarias Moussaoui.

Moussaoui, a French national of Moroccan heritage, has been in federal custody since his arrest on 17 August after raising the suspicions of officials at a flight school in Minnesota. U.S. officials believe Moussaoui was to have been the 20th hijacker in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The Observer reported the British intelligence service MI5 had Moussaoui under surveillance and monitored numerous phone conversations he had with Reid before both left separately in December 2000 for Pakistan. Officials believe the men met at a London mosque in the late 1990s and later trained together in a al-Qaeda camp in Afghanistan. Captured al-Qaeda prisoners reportedly have told U.S. investigators both trained in explosives at the Afghan camp.

The newspaper said that despite the phone calls between the two men in London, M15 apparently never told Scotland Yard that Reid was a potential security risk. Investigators have been retracing Reid's movements in recent months through Europe and the Middle East. He reportedly spent ten days in Israel and the Gaza Strip last July, and possibly met with members of the Palestinian terrorist group, HAMAS. When arrested, Reid had the plastic explosive TATP in his sneakers, a substance previously used by HAMAS suicide bombers.

TODAY'S CENTRAL FOCUS:

What The Attempted Shoe-Bomb Incident Teaches CT Analysts

By Steve Macko, ERRI Risk Analyst

If anyone ever looked like a would-be terrorist, British national Richard Reid certainly comes close. French security personnel must had fallen asleep at the switch when Reid was okayed to the board a flight at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. In fairness, reports this past week said that the American Airlines contracted security firm ICTS warned French authorities about their concerns regarding Reid. ICTS advised that he not be put on the plane. But for some unknown reason, French authorities gave the 28- year-old man the okay despite Reid's raising numerous well-known red flags regarding profiles of possible terrorists.

But if the suspected "shoe bomber" aboard a transatlantic flight were not acting alone - a possibility authorities are now taking seriously - it means that terrorists are already finding ways to circumvent the profile that law enforcement has developed to trap them. It also means that preventing similar acts in the future will be even more difficult.

Many counterterrorism experts say that the tall, lanky passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 with plastic explosives in his high-top gym shoes likely did not act alone. The explosives were too sophisticated for a drifter to obtain -- more likely, he was a tester for a larger terrorist organization.  "While we are sure that the civil libertarian debate will go on about the subject, if there was ever a justification for airport 'profiling' of suspects, Mr. Reid would be 'Exhibit A'...he fit every preconceived notion about what a terrorist would look like and how he would act," ERRI's senior national security analyst Clark Staten said today.

Here's a tidbit that hasn't been played up very much in our examination of the shoe-bomber case -- Reid was supposed to board a flight on 21 December, which is the anniversary of the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. He showed up at de Gaulle airport in Paris with only a light knapsack to board an overseas flight -- that's one red flag. An ICTS security agent had doubts about Reid and turned him over to French border police who interviewed him at the airport, and later at a hotel, after which he missed his flight. But French authorities turned up nothing suspicious. Some critics noted they never conducted a body search or used bomb-sniffing dogs.

The next day, Reid boarded another flight. This is where the case becomes interesting and why a lot of CT analysts are having trouble calling Reid "a trained terrorist."

Reid, sitting in the window seat in Row 29 made a lot of mistakes. He really didn't understand how to set off the bomb in his shoes. You would think that any would-be suicide bomber's "handlers" would had explained how to detonate his explosives. Reid also didn't seem to realize that lighting a match on an American airliner was taboo that would bring attention to himself.

But some CT experts note he also knew enough about airport security to exploit weaknesses in the system. Though he carried no luggage -- which is supposed to be a red flag to give such a passenger a closer examination -- there was nothing on which officials could detect explosive residue. And there is a small zone at the bottom of metal detectors which doesn't adequately detect metal - a concern that prompted the FAA to issue a warning about shoe bombs earlier this month. And may had been a weakness that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to bring razors on board their flights.

Reid was able to make it past security at Charles de Gaulle airport, said to be one of the most secure airports in Europe with a long history of dealing with terrorist threats. This bungled attack does signal that law enforcement and airline security will have to be much more vigilant in assessing possible threats.

From: ERRI DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT-Saturday, December 29, 2001-Vol. 7, No. 365

FBI Tells Judge Reid Was Carrying IED

By Steve Macko, ERRI Risk Analyst

BOSTON, MA: A Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation testified on Friday that an airline passenger who is accused of trying to set off explosives in his sneakers was carrying a "homemade bomb" that could have blown a hole in the plane's fuselage. Appearing at the detention hearing in U.S. District Court with his hands shackled and wearing an orange jumpsuit was the suspect, 28-year-old Richard Reid, a British citizen of British and Jamaican ancestry. He has been held without bail since Saturday, when he was arrested after American Airlines flight attendants saw him try to touch a lit match to his sneakers during a Paris-to-Miami flight. Reid was overpowered by flight attendants and passengers and the plane was diverted to Boston.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith Dein found there was probable cause for the arrest but did not immediately rule on prosecutors' request that he be held without bail indefinitely. FBI Special Agent Margaret Cronin, a specialist in crime aboard aircraft, testified that the FBI had determined Reid was carrying "functioning improvised explosives, or, in layman's terms, a homemade bomb." She said an explosives expert concluded that if the sneakers had been placed against an outside wall and blown up, they "would have blown a hole in the fuselage." Reid was sitting in a window seat on board the plane.

Reid was charged with intimidation or assault of a flight crew, which carries a maximum 20-year sentence, but the FBI has indicated that additional charges are likely.

Arguing for no bail to be set, Assistant U.S. Attorney Colin Owyang said Reid presented a flight risk because he had "essentially no verifiable address anywhere in the world." Owyang said he had been living in unspecified hotels in Paris and has no known friends or relatives in the United States. He also had no work visa or immigration papers. He also said Reid had at least ten prior criminal convictions, though authorities have no record of him previously being in the United States.

U.S. investigators are working very hard on a global scale to determine whether Reid had any ties to terrorist groups. Officials in Israel, France, the United States and the Netherlands have been retracing Reid's travels ahead of his apparent bungled attack on Saturday. Authorities said they haven't drawn any conclusions about whether Reid had accomplices. Some officials who have been briefed on the investigation said the information being gathered about Reid suggests he may have had assistance. They specifically cited the construction of the bombs in his shoes.

Dutch authorities are investigating where exactly Reid bought the explosives in Amsterdam. Reid is likely to have visited the Dutch capital in December. Interestingly, Reid is also thought to have visited a number of other countries in the months leading up to the AA-63 incident -- which seems inconsistent with reports in the press that he is just a "petty thief and drifter."

Tests have shown the material in the shoes showed indications of PETN, a material used to make the plastic explosive Semtex, the same explosive used by Libyan terrorists in 1988 to down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Other reports suggest that the devices also contained triacetone triperoxide, or TATP.

The Israeli airline, El Al, said Reid visited Israel in July and was questioned as he tried to board a plane. El Al said Reid raised suspicion during a security check. Guards conducted a thorough check - "including the removal of shoes and sending the shoes to be checked" - but allowed Reid to board after determining he had nothing dangerous.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens said British law enforcement was not warned that Reid was a potential security risk. Stevens said: "We have to make sure that our relationships with other law enforcement agencies around the world in terms of our war against terrorism are better."

From: ERRI DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT-Friday, December 28, 2001-Vol. 7, No.  364

BOSTON: Investigators are casting a wide net to determine whether a man who tried to ignite explosives in his sneakers had any links to terrorist groups. Authorities are retracing Richard Reid's recent travels across Europe and the Middle East and tracking his purchases in those areas as they look for terrorism ties. They are also analyzing a material found in his shoes that indicated the presence of PETN, a material used to make the explosive Semtex. Mr. Ried was held without bond in a court hearing today in Boston.

From: ERRI DAILY INTELLIGENCE REPORT-Thursday, December 27, 2001-Vol. 7 - 363

WORLDWIDE INTELLIGENCE:

Shoe-bomber Plastic Explosive Said To Be "Very Sophisticated"

[Terror Group Reference: al-Qaeda??]

WASHINGTON: According to a report from CNN, the plastic explosive that a man tried to detonate aboard a Paris-to-Miami trans- Atlantic American Airlines flight over the weekend was, according to a U.S. official, "very, very sophisticated." Officials say Richard Reid had ten ounces of PETN-based material, a material similar to the plastic explosive C4 that is very sensitive to heat and friction, in each of his shoes when he boarded Flight 63 on 22 December in Paris.

A U.S. official said: "It would have taken a high level of high intelligence and know-how to construct this type of bomb." The complicated nature of the IED has led authorities to believe Reid likely had an accomplice. Investigators have also reportedly found a safety fuse -- black powder packed inside a cord that is attached to and designed to detonate the explosive.

Some al-Qaeda detainees in Afghanistan claimed to recognize Reid in a photograph shown them by U.S. interrogators. U.S. officials cautioned they had no independent confirmation tying Reid with either al-Qaeda or the Taliban.

Meanwhile, in the U.K., an official at a mosque said that both Reid and Zacarias Moussaoui -- the only person to date charged with conspiracy in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. -- attended Brixton Mosque in south London. Brixton Mosque chair- man Abdul Haqq Baker said Moussaoui and Reid's time at the mosque overlapped in late 1998 or early 1999, but he was not certain if the two had ever met.

Baker said: "Towards the end of Reid's stay with us, we noticed he started wearing the army green jacket, and started questioning our understanding of Islam based on what he had learned elsewhere." Baker said that those questions pertained to suicide bombings and other terrorist activities.

WORLDWIDE INTELLIGENCE:

"Shoe-bomber" Suspect May Have Had An Accomplice

Terror Group Reference: al-Qaeda

By Paul Anderson, ERRI Analyst

BOSTON: Media reports say that the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes the man suspected of trying to blow up an airliner with explosives hidden in his shoes on Saturday had an accomplice. The Boston Globe said it had received information from the FBI suggesting that the suspect identified as Richard Reid - who was carrying a UK passport - was acting as part of a wider network.

Citing an an unnamed Massachusetts official, the Globe said: "Because of the complexity of concocting such an explosive, FBI technicians believe that Reid must have had an accomplice." An FBI spokesman in Washington said that establishing whether the suspect acted alone was one of the main focuses of the investigation.

There are also questions about the man's identity. French police sources in Paris said that Reid also identified himself as Tariq Raja, born in 1973 in Sri Lanka, and as Abdel Rahim, a name possibly reflecting a conversion to Islam. Sri Lankan foreign ministry officials said there was no evidence to suggest he was a citizen of that country. According to a report in a British newspaper, he was born in 1973 in Bromley, southeast London. His mother is English and his father Jamaican.

Meanwhile in the UK, The Times newspaper said Reid could be linked to Usama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, after it traced him to a London mosque also attended by a man charged with the 11 September attacks. Reid is reported to have converted to Islam in prison, where he served time for a string of convictions such as street muggings.

Experts say even explosives small enough to be hidden in a passenger's shoe can endanger an aircraft. Authorities are also looking into how Reid boarded an American Airlines Boeing 767 from Paris to Miami with explosives in the heels of his shoes.

A spokeswoman for Massachusetts Airport Authority said the material in the shoes was enough to cause considerable damage to the aircraft. She said it was "consistent with" the plastic explosive C-4. However, a source close to French police said the substance was the high explosive pentrite. Pentrite was reportedly used in the bombing of a French DC-10 over the Tenere Desert in Niger in 1989. The attack was blamed on Libyan agents. Another expert described the explosives as a derivative called "PETN."

Plastic explosives like C-4 cannot be detected by regular scanning devices used in airports. It can only be detected by sniffer dogs. However, there is said to be handheld devices which could detect even small amounts of explosive, but they were new and not widely available.

Why the French allowed Reid to board the airliner in the first place is still a good question. Finger pointing by Lior Zucker, the head of ICTS, the security firm contracted by American Airlines, faulted French authorities for not following the firm's advice and permitting the terror suspect to board the plane. Zucker told CNN that ICTS had warned authorities in Paris about Reid. The suspect missed a flight on Friday because of subsequent questioning at Charles de Gaulle Airport, but then was allowed on the flight Saturday against the recommendations of ICTS. The reason ICTS was wary of Reid were not given to CNN.

TODAY'S CENTRAL FOCUS

Would-Be Shoe Bomber Had Plenty Of Explosive Material to Bring Down Plane

BOSTON: Sources say the would-be suicide shoe bomber who was arrested on Saturday on a trans-Atlantic flight had 10 ounces of an explosive material in his shoes that could have brought down the plane. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday that the suspect, identified by his British passport as Richard Reid, had a functional bomb tucked in his black high-top sneakers aboard American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris to Miami. The plane was rerouted to Boston's Logan International Airport.

Charles Prouty, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston Field Division, said: "It is a functional device, it could have exploded as configured. It would have resulted in significant damage and we did avert a major disaster."

Officials at Logan Airport described the substance as being consistent with the military plastic explosive C-4, a clay- like substance that is easy to mold and shape. C-4 is believed to have been used in the attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors. Aviation security expert Brian Jenkins of Rand Corp said: "Even a small explosion on a plane at altitude in a pressurized cabin can be extraordinarily dangerous."

Looking a bit dazed, his explosive shoes replaced by soft, comfortable prison slippers and a bright orange jump suit, Reid, was made his first court appearance Monday before a federal judge in Boston. During the ten-minute hearing, the handcuffed Reid sat at the defense table by himself. He was not represented by a lawyer but has requested one. When U.S. Magistrate Judith Dein asked him if he under- stood the charges against him, Reid nodded yes. Asked if he promised to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth under oath, Reid just shrugged at first, but eventually said "Yes."

The FBI is conducting an international investigation to reconstruct Reid's life. French intelligence said Reid is a Muslim convert from Sri Lanka who also uses the name Tariq Raja, but the Sri Lanka Embassy in Washington, denied that he is citizen. The FBI says it believes the man is a British citizen, that Reid is his real name, and that he sometimes uses Raja as an alias. Scotland Yard also believes the suspect to be a British national.

A senior FBI official said that investigators have not been able to link Reid to any accomplices, and so far believe the incident to be an isolated one. However, investigators have not yet ruled out a wider conspiracy. Authorities are also alarmed because Reid tried to take the same flight a day earlier on Friday, but was stopped at the airport. He raised several red flags in the profiling system because he had a one-way ticket, paid for in cash, no checked luggage, and carried a small carry-on bag. He was questioned at the check-in counter, and then raised further suspicions when the airline ran a passport check. It was issued on 7 December at the British Embassy in Brussels, and may have appeared counterfeit. He was subsequently handed to French police, who questioned him extensively and eventually approved him to travel, but by then he had missed the flight.

Reid spent the night in an airport hotel, and then tried to board a flight the next day. He again raised red flags, and was scrutinized, but with assurances from French police from the day before, he was allowed to board.

In early December, the Federal Aviation Administration warned that terrorists might hide weapons in footwear. Now, passenger shoes are being run through X-ray machines and equipment used to check bags for explosives are being employed for footwear. The FAA said in a 11 December advisory that terrorists trying to hijack airlines in the United States and Europe might try to hide weapons in their shoes.

France To Tighten Airport Security

FRANCE: There is now a new security check for passengers flying out of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. As of Sunday, shoes of passengers will have to be taken off and passed through an X-ray machine. In an obvious response to Saturday's security breach in which a man attempted to set off explosives in his shoes, the extra security will also try to prevent anyone boarding a plane with knives or box cutters, similar to those used in the 11 September hijackings.

As French border police start their investigation into Saturday's incident, they will also want to look at the way the man's pass- port was checked. Though looking and behaving suspiciously, some reports suggest he was able to present a stolen British passport - apparently with someone else's photograph in it - which could only have been given the most cursory glance.

BOSTON: Security at airports is being increased after a man with a one-way ticket walked onto an American Airlines jetliner with explosives in his shoes and tried to ignite them during the flight. Preliminary FBI tests discovered there was explosives in the man's sneakers. He was charged with the federal crime of assaulting a flight crew, and the FBI said more charges were likely. The Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday ordered U.S. airlines and airports to be more vigilant in detecting passengers boarding planes with explosives in their shoes.

16:00CST - 23 Dec 2001

Suspect in Custody; Preliminary Tests Suggest Explosive in Shoe

By C. L. Staten, Sr. Analyst

Boston, MA (EmergencyNet News) -- Although official details purposefully remain sketchy as a major terrorism investigation continues, the suspect in yesterday's attempted bombing of American Airlines Flt. 63 has been identified by press sources as "Tariq Raja," who is alleged to be a Sri Lankan national. That identity could not be confirmed by law enforcement agencies who spoke with EmergencyNet News today. At least one counter-terrorism (CT) analyst said that Raja I.D. could be "fake" as well. A second analyst said that that it is possible that the suspect is actually a British citizen of "unknown original origin."

Secondarily, preliminary tests run on the material contained in the suspects shoes, reportedly came back as "positive for explosives," according to unidentified law enforcement officials.  Speculation among some authorities was that the material in the shoes was military "C-4" plastic explosives, though ERRI analysts said that it could also be "Semtex," a similar explosive manufactured in Europe, and widely used by terrorists in the past.  A very senior ERRI analyst said today that in the late 1970's, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) reportedly worked on the development of improvised weapons involving replacement of the sole of running shoes with Semtex explosive.

Additional testing of the evidence is reportedly underway at FBI and other laboratories.  ERRI CT analysts said today that the prime questions being examined by investigators involve the true identity and motive of the suspect involved in events that took place over the Atlantic on Saturday. EmergencyNet News is monitoring events in Boston, MA and Europe closely, and will provide additional details if/when they become available...

18:00EST - 22 Dec 2001

Plane Diverted To Logan Airport; Attempted Bomber In Custody

Boston, MA (EmergencyNet News) -- Although details are still sketchy, authorities at Boston's Logan airport say that a man is in custody following a bizarre series of events that appear to have been an attempt to bomb American Airlines Flt. 63 from Paris, France to Miami, FL. The plot was reportedly disrupted when a flight attendant discovered the man "attempting to ignite his shoe," witnesses said. Once the scheme was discovered, a fight ensued between the assailant and passengers and crew. The suspect was eventually subdued and he was sedated by two physicians on-board the plane. At least one crew member was injured in the struggle.

The plane, a 767 with 185 passengers and 12 crew members, was escorted by USAF F-15's to Logan airport, where it was discovered that the man had "some sort of explosive device" in his shoes. Once on the ground the shoes were taken outside the plane and "disrupted" by bomb technicians. The man was taken into custody by FBI and local police and is currently being questioned.

The suspect was identified as "Richard Reed" or "Richard Reid," traveling on a British passport. Given the proclivity of terrorists to use false identification, it is presently not known if that is his real name. According to authorities, the suspect appeared to be of "Middle-East extraction."  Numerous law enforcement agencies are currently investigating the incident.

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