Editing 2000 millennium attack plots (section)

===Other plots===
According to [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] of the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], [[Sandy Berger]], terrorist cells had been disrupted in "eight countries" in the weeks before New Year's Eve, which was said to have "almost certainly" prevented additional attacks.<ref name="other"/> The man behind the LAX plot, Ahmed Ressam, claimed there had been plans by other terrorist cells of millennium attacks "in Europe, in the Gulf, against U.S. and Israel."<ref name="other"/> Major security operations were launched to improve security for the millennium celebrations in [[Times Square]], New York, along with several other cities in the United States and Europe.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Federal agents are scrambling to stop a new Y2K worry: terror|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/new.year.html|work=CNN|date=December 27, 1999|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=May 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509131658/http://edition.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/1999/12/27/new.year.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Big bang theory haunts the US|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/millennium.uk|work=The Guardian|date=December 28, 1999|access-date=July 23, 2016|archive-date=August 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826015820/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/dec/28/millennium.uk|url-status=live}}</ref>

In anticipation of the turn to the new millennium, official concerns by the FBI and U.S. authorities had focused on purported threats by "apocalyptic" religious or political groups, claimed to include lone wolf [[White supremacy|white supremacists]], Christian [[Apocalypticism|apocalyptic]] cults or radical elements of [[Militia organizations in the United States|militia organizations]].<ref name="upi">{{Cite news|title=World prepares for millennium attacks|url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/12/23/World-prepares-for-millennium-attacks/3116945925200/|publisher=United Press International|date=December 23, 1999|access-date=July 15, 2016|archive-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808023756/http://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/12/23/World-prepares-for-millennium-attacks/3116945925200/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=FBI to warn local police to be alert for extremist millennium attacks|url=http://journaltimes.com/news/national/fbi-to-warn-local-police-to-be-alert-for-extremist/article_d9b8e08f-ffc2-5176-b77e-174193a6657a.html|work=The Journal Times|date=October 21, 1999|access-date=July 15, 2016|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903152947/https://journaltimes.com/news/national/fbi-to-warn-local-police-to-be-alert-for-extremist/article_d9b8e08f-ffc2-5176-b77e-174193a6657a.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=This Week in History: Y2K, terror and apocalypse|url=http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-Y2K-terror-and-apocalypse|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=December 31, 2010|access-date=July 15, 2016|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113913/http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-Y2K-terror-and-apocalypse|url-status=live}}</ref>