美将加强反恐安全管理(1)【沪江标准VOA 7-03】
US Steps Up Security Following Attack in Britain (1/2)
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made appearances on several television talk shows.
He told ABC's This Week program there is no indication of a linkage between the events in Britain and any specific attacks on the United States. "We do not have, at this point, specific, credible intelligence that there is an attack, a particular attack, focused on this country."
But at the same time, speaking on CNN's Late Edition program, Chertoff said U.S. authorities are concerned about the threat of terrorism, especially in the coming months. "We have had a number of al-Qaida leaders quite publicly talking about how they want to carry out their threats against the West. So, given that and given the history that we have had over past summers, with attacks in Britain, I think we were clearly focused on this as a possibility.”
Chertoff said the United States will enact additional security measures at airports, train stations and other mass transit stations this week, as the country prepares to celebrate the July Fourth Independence Day holiday.
