King County Executive praises local cooperation leading to arrests in terror plot

June 23, 2011

Summary

King County Executive Dow Constantine was briefed this afternoon on the arrest of two men charged with planning a terror attack on the Military Entrance Processing Station in South Seattle.

Story

King County Executive Dow Constantine was briefed this afternoon on the arrest of two men charged with planning a terror attack on the Military Entrance Processing Station in South Seattle, and made this statement:

“Local cooperation by law enforcement helped thwart what could have been a deadly attack, and I thank those whose hard work led to these arrests.

“This was a good outcome from the cooperative effort of Seattle Police, the FBI and all the agencies in the local Joint Terrorism Task Force, working closely with the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Regional Intelligence Group.”