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FBI General Threat Information
for Residential Property Owners/Managers
In the last 24 hours, the Real Estate Roundtable (RER) has been advised by
the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Counter-Terrorism division that the
Bureau is directing its field offices to pass general threat information to
state and local law enforcement agencies to facilitate their coordination
with appropriate public housing authorities, property management companies
and apartment management personnel.
General Threat Information
The general, non-specific, threat information being communicated
essentially is:
"There are indications that discussions were held about the possibility
of renting apartment units in various areas of the United States and rigging
them with explosives. The FBI has no information indicating that this
subject advanced beyond the discussion stage." In passing this
information along, RER asks that you follow strictly the FBI's request that
it be made crystal clear the general, non-specific nature of the
information. According to a senior FBI official, the Bureau is
"continuing to work with other agencies to gather more information, if
additional is out there to gather." The official further indicated that
"if the FBI develops additional credible and specific information it
will be passed along."
Request for Assistance from Property Managers
The FBI is also asking apartment owners and property managers that
"should they encounter suspicious/odd renters or rental arrangements,
they should contact the FBI supervisor of the Joint Terrorism Task Force in
their local FBI office."
This Information is Part of an Ongoing FBI Liaison with the Industry
A senior official with the FBI's Counter-Terrorism division met with leaders
from all sectors of the real estate industry in April at the most recent
Real Estate Roundtable meeting. That division passed along this information
in order to have it communicated on a "top-down" basis with our
industry. That effort is intended to complement the "bottom-up"
communication campaign through the Joint Terrorism Task Forces. The
Roundtable is not privy to any additional details of this matter beyond what
has been communicated in this memorandum.
Jeffrey D. DeBoer
President and Chief Operating Officer
The Real Estate Roundtable
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