‘ite threats efore blast ? Bruce Frankel SA TODAY NEW YORK — Investigators lesday said they are puzzled er the disappearance of a vid- tape that may have recorded hicles in the World Trade nter garage before it explod- — : Friday. And authorities revealed the - S. Embassy in Algeria re- ived two threats from the yjpular Front for the Libera- n of Palestine that it would Ww up a building in New York late January. = =. Police Commissioner Ray- and Kelly said authorities be- ved the threat had passed ren the second deadline — n. 26, requiring Israel to al- ¥ 400 expelled Palestinians to urn — passed uneventfully. Meanwhile, New York City d the Port Authority offered 3200,000 reward for informa- fi leading to the arrest and | aviction of those responsible . tthe bombing, Authorities cautioned against aking too much of the missing Jeotape: “You could call it pe- from Michigan, Illinois, New eae . ANOTHER SCARE: A meee ney! R) Approved For Release 2003/01/17 : ClA-RDP96-007p9RO0390025006 -9 By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY port authority employee tells workers at a reopened part of the World Trade Center complex Tuesday to leave after a bomb threat. Workers later returned to the complex. culiar,” said James Fox, head of the FBI’s bureau in New York. “Incredible, isn’t it?” Videotapes were recovered on Monday for the period from Wednesday morning to Thurs- day morning, and from Friday morning to Saturday moring. ' Missing: a sequence video- tape for the period from Thurs- day at 8 a.m. to Friday at 8 a.m, of the B-2 garage level — the “seat” of the massive explosion. A Port Authority employee has told investigators he may have misplaced it, Fox said. It may still be buried. Two garage videotapes al- ready reviewed were of mar-- ginal quality, though subject to enhancement, Fox said. Asked what he would tell the employee, Fox said, “Let's try to find it!... Now!” While acknowledging pieces of brown metal from a vehicle had been recovered, authorities: said there is “no reason to raise speculation” that'a brown van with a stripe may have held the ‘bomb, as reported on CNN. Investigators say they are looking at several terrorist groups, including the extremist Hamas which is opposed to Middle East peace talks, The investigation is spread- ing as license plates are tracked Hampshire and elsewhere. Seeking to dampen expecta- tions of a quick resolution, Fox: said, “No new dramatic witness’ is going to solve this case for us.- Also on Tuesday: : > Investigators pulled about: 10 cars from the garage and be- gan vacuuming them inside and: outside and scraping their un- dercarriages. If nothing perti- nent is found, the cars will be’ returned to their owners. , >» Bomb experts said the ex- ‘ plosion took place on the B2: level below the Vista Hotel in: the public parking area. : >. The New York City Comp- troller’s office estimated the bombing could cost about $700 million in lost business during the first week after the blast. > For the second day in a row, a retaining wall collapsed near the crater — described as’ 200 feet in diameter, extending. through seven stories. The col-. umns previously were support- ed by the horizontal flooring. “It is in a dangerous position now,” said Walter Boser, head of the police bomb squad. > A part of the complex that had reopened was evacuated because of a bomb threat. For 50 minutes, authorities searched the train station be & neath the center while fright. f ened workers left the area. Af suspicious package later was found to contain building matef