American intelligence officials claim that a new Osama bin Laden tape may set off a series of attacks, possibly assassinations against U.S. leaders. Evidence of such a plot was reportedly found on the laptop of captured al Qaeda operative Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan.

"There may be such a tape, but it hasn't surfaced and we haven't seen it," the source told the Washington Times about the potential of a new bin Laden message. He further explained: "The goal of the next attack is twofold: to damage the U.S. economy and to undermine the U.S. election."

Something tells me the U.S. leaders who charged that the Bush administration issued last week's terrorist warning as a political stunt are taking this latest threat more seriously.