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DATE=2/2/99 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-245003 TITLE=CIA / TERRORISM (L) BYLINE=DAVID SWAN DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: THE HEAD OF THE U-S INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY HAS WARNED OF POSSIBLE NEW TERRORIST ATTACKS BY OSAMA BIN LADEN, WHO ALLEGEDLY PLOTTED AND CARRIED OUT TWO EMBASSY BOMBINGS IN AFRICA LAST YEAR. V-O-A'S DAVID SWAN REPORTS FROM CAPITOL HILL. TEXT: C-I-A DIRECTOR GEORGE TENET GAVE SENATORS A BLUNT WARNING THE FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER WILL THREATEN AMERICAN INTERESTS AGAIN IN 1999. // TENET ACTS // THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST DOUBT THAT OSAMA BIN LADEN, HIS WORLDWIDE ALLIES AND HIS SYMPATHIZERS ARE PLANNING FURTHER ATTACKS AGAINST US. DESPITE PROGRESS AGAINST HIS NETWORKS, BIN LADEN'S ORGANIZATION HAS CONTACTS VIRTUALLY WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING IN THE UNITED STATES. // END ACT // THE U-S GOVERNMENT RETALIATED FOR THE EMBASSY BLASTS BY FIRING CRUISE MISSILES AT TARGETS MR. BIN LADEN WAS THOUGHT TO CONTROL, INCLUDING A TRAINING CAMP IN AFGHANISTAN. THE ADMINISTRATION WARNED LAST YEAR IT MAY ATTACK AGAIN IF THE RULING TALEBAN CONTINUES TO HARBOR MR. BIN LADEN'S FORCES. STILL, MR. TENET SAYS THE GROUP REMAINS COMMITTED TO DRIVING U-S TROOPS OUT OF THE PERSIAN GULF AND IS WILLING TO STRIKE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. // TENET ACT // WE HAVE NOTED RECENT ACTIVITIES SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE AFRICAN EMBASSY BOMBINGS, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND I MUST TELL YOU THAT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT ONE OR MORE OF BIN LADEN'S ATTACKS COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. // END ACT // THE C-I-A CHIEF ADDS THAT MR. BIN LADEN'S ORGANIZATION IS ONE OF MANY TERRORIST GROUPS WITH AN INTEREST IN NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. // REST OPTIONAL // HE ALSO TOUCHED BRIEFLY ON THE ISSUE OF STATE-SPONSORED TERRORISM, ESPECIALLY BY IRAN. WHILE NOT ACCUSING THE TEHRAN GOVERNMENT OF BACKING MR. BIN LADEN, MR. TENET DID SAY HE SEES NO SIGNIFCANT REDUCTION IN IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM, DESPITE THE ELECTION OF PRESIDENT MOHAMMAD KHATAMI. // TENET ACT // BUT HARDLINERS, SUCH AS THE SUPREME LEADER, CONTINUE TO VIEW TERRORISM AS A LEGITIMATE TOOL OF IRANIAN POLICY, AND THEY STILL CONTROL THE INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN IMPLEMENT IT. // END ACT // (SIGNED) NEB/DS/KL 02-Feb-99 12:53 PM EST (1753 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .