The Israeli prime minister was not interested in relying on intelligence assessments to alert the world to a bomb-making programme.

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But a U.S. intelligence source tells news alert!

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Many governments were already on a heightened state of alert due to vague but persistent intelligence suggesting an attack may be imminent in Europe or elsewhere.

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There are now tools that collect intelligence, identify previously unknown attack attempts, and alert network operators to successful intrusions, giving them the ability to track down and eradicate them.

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The government said it was acting on intelligence information, but Home Secretary David Blunkett said the public should be "alert, not alarmed".

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Michael Burke , editor of Investors Intelligence, raised his exposure to gold this week as gold mutual funds were on "bull alert" status.

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