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Alert of Oct 12, 2004: Sen. Mark Dayton (D-MN) announces today he is closing his Washington offices through Election Day, in response to unspecified threats. He is the only member of the Senate to do so following an intelligence report by an unnamed agency, which was presented to all senators two weeks ago by Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN). See original story Could Dayton's move be related to his also being the only Senator who has said this? "Sen. Dayton: NORAD Lied About
9/11" Why not ask him yourself about the threat that motivated his
decision? Possibly related stories now at http://www.summeroftruth.org/#news - "FEMA plans terror-incident training program under CERT for
Election Day, Nov. 2, 2004" Or might Dayton's move be related to worries following the suspicious 2002 death of Minnesota's other Democratic senator, Paul Wellstone? Don't panic - be alert to fear campaigns. They indicate the presence of an opening for exposure of a corrupt system, and desperation on the part of those who want to close it. Keep up the pressure! The Dayton story was just published on Yahoo News: Yahoo! News - Tue, Oct 12, 2004 Sen. Dayton Temporarily Closing Office 1 hour, 5 minutes ago [AS OF 17:56 EDT 12 Oct 2004] WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator said Tuesday he has closed his Washington office because a top-secret intelligence report made him fear for his staff's safety. Federal law enforcement officials insisted there is no new intelligence indicating the Capitol complex is a target. Sen. Mark Dayton (news, bio, voting record), D-Minn., said his office in the Russell Senate Office Building across the street from the Capitol will be closed while Congress is in recess through Election Day, with his staff working out of his Minnesota office and in Senate space off Capitol Hill. "I take this step out of extreme, but necessary, precaution to protect the lives and safety of my Senate staff and my Minnesota constituents, who might otherwise be visiting my Senate office in the next three weeks," he said. Dayton said he could not give details of the intelligence report, which he said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., presented to senators at a briefing two weeks ago. Frist told reporters later that he didn't know of any other senator who had closed their Capitol Hill office. "There has been no new information over the last five to six weeks," he said, referring to intelligence. Brian Roehrkasse, a Homeland Security Department spokesman, said the department had no intelligence indicating al-Qaida intends to target any specific U.S. locations. FBI (news - web sites) officials said while there still is concern al-Qaida wants to disrupt the upcoming election, there is no new information indicating the Capitol or any other location is a target. Added Capitol police spokesman Michael Lauer: "There's been no specific threats against the Capitol complex. We continue to be on guard now, all the way up to the election and all the way through the inauguration." Nonetheless, Dayton said he would advise people from his home state to avoid Capitol Hill until after the Nov. 2 election. "I would not bring my two sons to the Capitol between now and the election," he added. ---------- [ back to summeroftruth.org ]
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