WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- The latest terror warning Sunday of possible attacks on specific buildings in the New York area and Washington raises new questions, an expert said.
Employees of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, two of the institutions targeted in the latest intelligence reports, and of the other targets as well, must be wondering whether to come to work Monday, Randal Larsen, head of Homeland Security Associates, told Washington's WTOP radio.
Executives have to be asking how they protect employees "but also how do you protect your business processes," he said. "If something happened and a car bomb went off in front of their buildings, could they still function?"
He continued, "I'd like to think the World Bank has thought about this."
Intelligence experts would assume, he said, any terrorists are also listening to U.S. media and would switch to secondary targets.
The Department of Homeland Security raised the threat level to orange -- or "high" -- from yellow only for the financial sector in New York, northern New Jersey and Washington.
The action is the result of what was called "new and unusually specific information" about where al-Qaida would like to strike, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told reporters.
