Al Qaeda Cell May Be Loose in U.S., British Plot Hints

"Because of the London and Glasgow plot, we now know communications have been made from Al Qaeda to operatives in the United States"

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By ELI LAKEStaff

Reporter of the Sun

August 6, 2007
WASHINGTON — As an American-born spokesman for Al Qaeda threatens to blow up American embassies abroad, intelligence gleaned from last month's British "doctors plot" of car bombers suggests that a Qaeda cell is on the loose in the American homeland.
E-mail addresses for American individuals were found on the same password-protected e-mail chains used by the United Kingdom plotters to communicate with Qaeda handlers in Europe, a counterterrorism official told The New York Sun yesterday. The American and German intelligence community now believe the secure e-mail chains used in the United Kingdom plot have provided a window into an operational Qaeda network in several countries.

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