CNN just ran a story indicating they have confirmed the recent terror threat on NYC's subway system was a hoax.
I don't see it on their site yet, but here is the link to an NBC affiliate that has picked it up.
Update [2005-10-11 12:35:48 by laughlin]: CNN has this as their headline now.
Report: Informant Admits Subway Threat Was Hoax
POSTED: 11:15 am EDT October 11, 2005
UPDATED: 11:43 am EDT October 11, 2005
NEW YORK -- The informant who sparked last week's New York City subway threat alert has admitted it was a hoax, CNN reported Tuesday.
The network reported that the informant admitted providing false information.
The informant had claimed that al-Qaida operatives in Iraq were plotting to attack the city's subways using baby strollers packed with remote-controlled explosives. The reported threat said the attacks could occur as early as last Friday.
Authorities said earlier the interrogation of three suspects arrested by U.S. forces in Iraq has so far produced no information to corroborate a possible threat.
New York City's heightened subway security will slowly scale back to what it was before officials announced the supposed subway bombing threat last week.
The confirmation that this episode was a hoax (as many of us suspected from the start) raises the questions: Why now? By who? And for what purpose? Answers to those questions are an exercise in speculation I'll leave to the reader.