Al Qaeda has an active plot to hit the West and although the US is aware of this, it does not possess precise tactical detail to issue a warning or raise the existing threat level, a top American counter-terrorism official has said.

Another attack on America is only “inevitable”, Vice Admiral (Retd) John Scott Redd, the Head of the National Counter Terrorism Centre, told the Newsweek magazine.

He maintained that there is still no definitive word on the fate of Osama bin Laden.“Quite frankly, we think that if he had died it would have become known. It would be very hard to keep that from leaking out,” Redd said.
“The short answer is, we don’t know,” he added.