US School Plans Found on Disk in Iraq
On October 1, we noted a report that a San Diego school’s crisis plan was found on a disk in Iraq. Officials in San Diego downplayed the report, insisting there was no evidence of specific threats.
Now a DHS official is downplaying the report, even as information emerges that the disk contained plans for several US schools: Disks�found in Iraq show info on�U.S. schools.
“WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military in Iraq has discovered two computer disks containing photographs, layouts and other material pertaining to American schools in six states, U.S. government officials said.
The FBI is examining the materials, but a Department of Homeland Security official said the intelligence community determined there was no threat.
The military retrieved the disks in Iraq within the last couple of months, and they were turned over to the FBI, one official said Thursday.
“There is no threat associated with this,” another government official said.
The schools are in Fort Myers, Florida; Salem, Oregon; Jones County, Georgia; New Jersey; Michigan; and California.
The Department of Homeland Security official said the material was associated with a person in Iraq, and it could not be established that this person had any ties to terrorism. He did have a connection to civic groups doing planning for schools in Iraq, the official said.