Officials: Intercepted Al Qaeda Message Prompted Embassy Closures
A leak that justifies NSA surveillance. Let's see if the administration tries to track that one down.
Two officials say a secret message that was intercepted between al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri and his deputy in Yemen led to the shutdown of U.S. embassies.
A U.S. intelligence official and a Mideast diplomat said al-Zawahri's message was picked up several weeks ago and appeared to initially target Yemeni interests.
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