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DATE=12/21/1999 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=CLINTON-TERRORISM (L-ONLY) NUMBER=2-257374 BYLINE=DAVID GOLLUST DATELINE=WHITE HOUSE CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: The Clinton Administration says it knows of no specific threats of millennium-related terrorism activity in the United States despite last week's arrest of an Algerian man trying to bring bomb-making material in from Canada. Officials, though, are still advising Americans to be cautious during the holidays. V-O-A's David Gollust reports from the White House. TEXT: The White House says a "vigorous" investigation is continuing into the case of the Algerian national arrested in the state of Washington a week ago as he crossed the border from Canada with a car loaded with bomb components, including nitroglycerine and timing devices. The arrest of 32-year-old Ahmed Ressam - a Montreal resident - has prompted high-level concern about a possible terrorist plan to attack U-S millennium celebrations, and was the subject of a meeting of top U-S national security officials at the White House Monday. But under questioning from reporters, White House spokesman Joe Lockhart declined to characterize the two-hour meeting that included Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and C-I-A director George Tenet as an emergency session - saying the Administration is not in what he termed a "scare mode." Mr. Lockhart said the investigation of the arrest near Seattle - involving federal, local and Canadian law enforcement officials - has not turned up specific, or general, information about a planned attack on any specific U-S target: /// LOCKHART ACT /// We have made the case in the past that the United States is not invulnerable to domestic terrorism. But there is no specific information now about particular targets here. But I think - as we've said - as we head into the millennium that, it pays for people to be cautious and vigilant. /// END ACT /// Mr. Lockhart said he was not advising Americans to change their plans for domestic millennium celebrations, but that they should be alert, and report suspicious activity to authorities. By contrast, the Clinton administration says it has received "credible" information that terrorists may be planning to attack U-S citizens abroad during the holiday period. It issued a worldwide alert ten days ago for American travelers to be careful and to contact local U-S embassies and consu1ates for further advice. Jordanian authorities last week announced the arrest of 13 members of a group they said had links to alleged terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden, and was planning attacks against American, Israeli and other targets. Mr. Bin Laden, a millionaire Saudi exile believed living in Afghanistan, faces a U-S murder indictment for the lethal bombings last year of U-S embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Clinton administration last week served notice on Afghanistan's dominant Taleban faction, which it accuses of sheltering Mr. Bin Laden, that it will be held responsible for any terror attacks against Americans traced to the Saudi fugitive. (Signed) NEB/DAG/TVM/JP 21-Dec-1999 16:59 PM EDT (21-Dec-1999 2159 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .