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Wednesday, October 27, 2004

MORE ON TERROR VIDEO

Other news outlets are doing what we call in the business "advancing the story".

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - ABC News has asked U.S. security officials to examine a videotape it obtained in Pakistan of an English-speaking man threatening a massive attack on the United States in retaliation for its war against al Qaeda, the network said on Wednesday.

A source familiar with the tape -- whose authenticity U.S. intelligence officials have so far been unable to verify -- said it contains a threat that the "streets will run with blood."
Responding to questions about the tape after its existence was first reported by Internet columnist Matt Drudge, ABC News vice president Jeffrey Schneider said the network has not aired the video because its authenticity has not been verified.


Drudge is often disparaged as not being a journalist. This really looks like journalism to me. Read the whole article for more details, or scroll down to the link to the original Drudge story that came out earlier today.

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