Approved For Release 2003/01/17
@0
tuthoirities
ite t1reats
)efore blast
i Bruce Frankel
3A TODAY
NEW YORK - Investigators
iesday said they are puzzled
er the disappearance of a vid-
tape that may have recorded
hicles in the World Trade
Hampshire and elsewhere.
Seeking to dampen expecta@
tions of A quick resolution, Foi
said, "No new dramatic witness@
is going to solve this case for us..
Also on Tuesday:
0- Investigators pulled about
10 cars from the garage and be-
gan vacuuming them inside and'
outside and scraping their un-
dercarriages. If nothing perti-.'
nent is found, the cars will be@
returned to their owners.
lo- Bomb experts said the ex-.'
plosion took place on the B-2,
level below the Vista Hotel in:
the public parking area.
!nter garage before it explod-				
lo., The New York City Comp-,
Friday.				
troller's office estimated the'
And authorities revealed the,				
bombing could cost about $700
S. Embassy in Algeria re-				million in lost business during
ived two threats from the				
the first week after the blast.
)pular Front for the Libera-				
lo. For the second day in a:
m of Palestine that it would				
row, a retaining wall collapsed
)w up a building in New York				
near the crater - described as'
late January.			By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY	200 feet in diameter, extending.
Police Commissioner Ray-	ANOTHER SCARE: A port authority employee tells workers at a reopened part of the World Trade	through seven stories. The col-.
)nd Kelly said authorities be-	Center complex Tuesday to leave after a bomb threat. Workers later returned to the complex.	umns previously were support-

ved the threat had passed				,
ed by the horizontal flooring,
ien the second deadline -	culiar," said James Fox, head of	A Port Authority employee	had been recovered, authorities	"It is in a dangerous position

n. 26, requirin	
g Israel to al-	
the FBIs bureau in New York.	
has told investigators he may	
said there is "no reason to raise	.
now,." said Walter Boser, head
v 400 expelled	Palestinians to	"Incredible, isn't it?"	have misplaced it, Fox said. It	speculation" thatta brown van	of the police bomb squad.
.Urn - passed uneventfully.	Videotapes were recovered	may still be buried.	with a stripe may have held the	lo-A part of the complex that
@Meanwhile, New York City	on Monday for the period from	Two garage videotapes al-	bomb, as reported on CNN.	had reopened was evacuated
d the Port Authority offered	Wednesday morning to Thurs-	ready reviewed were of mar-	Investigators say they are	because of a bomb threat. For
3200,000 reward for informa-	day morning, and from Friday	ginal quality, though subject to	looking at several terrorist	50 " minutes, authorities
n leading to the arrest and	morning to Saturday moring.	enhancement, Fox said.	groups, including the extremist	searched the train station be-
riviction of those responsible	Missing. a sequence video-	Asked what he would tell the	Hamas which is opposed to	neath the center while fright-.
rthe bombing
'
C-th	tape for the period from Thur-s-	employee, Fox said, "Let's try	Middle East peace talks.	ened workers left the area. A
orities cau
tioned against
Alng too much of the missin	day at 8 a.m. to Friday at 8 a.m.,
of the B-2
l
l
th	to find it' ... Now!"
Whil
k	The investigation is spread-	suspicious package later w4
'
g	-
eve
garage
e	e ac
nowledging pieces	ing as license plates are tracked	found to contain building mate,,
Jotipe:"You could call it pe-	"seaf'of the massive explosion.	of brown metal from a vehicle	from Mi hi Illi [ois New
Ic I	rials.
	r
V
CIA-RDPR.6-00 9T03$00W-C14,4-0
0
11:@@ vid
eotapu IS IMSS