Updated:  FBI and Homeland Security Warning on May 17, 2012, About Terrorist Attacks in Theaters

“...terrorists may seek to emulate overseas attacks on theaters
here in the United States because they have the potential to inflict
mass casualties and cause local economic damage.”

- FBI and Homeland Security, May 17, 2012

Updated with Channel 4 TV Video, Aurora, Colorado, below: July 21, 2012  Albuquerque, New Mexico - On May 17, 2012, the following FBI and Homeland Security “Roll Call Release” for Police, Fire, EMS and Security Personnel was distributed on the internet. The release states that “terrorists may seek to emulate overseas attacks on theaters here in the United States because they have the potential to inflict mass casualties and cause local economic damage.”  The official terrorist warning release was “Prepared by the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), Cyber, Infrastructure and Science Division. Coordinated with the I&A Homeland Counterterrorism Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group (ITACG). Shared with the DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection.”