1.   Asked about earlier terror threats that same day, Bush said the horrific suicide attacks were unfathomable to government leaders.

2.   Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson talks to Mueller nearly every day to discuss terror threats and other federal investigations such as the Enron scandal.

3.   Detaining droves of Middle Eastern men was a simplistic, if understandable, reaction to the terror threat.

4.   For the media, the dirty-bomb story recalled a series of terror threats cited by top administration officials last month.

5.   In his announcement, Bush said the recent terror threats underlined the need for the United States to develop a missile defense.

6.   Israeli officials said the roadblock was needed to deter a terror threat.

7.   Taking stock of the latest terror threats over his morning coffee, Decker read the new FBI alert against more possible sabotage.

8.   The main frustration, Shelby said, is that there is no one place, no one person, overseeing all of the terror threats against the country.

9.   Whether the terror threat in the vicinity of the Indian Point nuclear power plant is greater than elsewhere is open to debate, and very loud debate at that.

10.   A Russian military delegation held daylong talks with top Pentagon officials Tuesday on cooperating against terror threats and creating a new overall U.S.-Russian military relationship.