“Analysts are working 24/7 this week at the National Counterterrorism Center, sifting through databases for connections to a possible threat of an attack on New York or Washington around the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
“Some people have not gone home who are working on this,” a counterterrorism official said Friday.
Experts are reviewing variations in names – names that might be fragments or aliases, but are enough to run through their computer systems in an effort to glean more information about the possible plot, which is believed to involve a vehicle-borne explosive device.”
Source: Scramble to connect dots in new terror threat – CNN Security Clearance – CNN.com Blogs