RIGA - Janis Kazocins, chief of the Constitution Protection Bureau, Latvia's top national security agency, said the nation must deal with a "certain terrorist threat" during an interview with LNT on Sunday.
"We know that Al Qaeda has realized that Latvia exists, that they have learned that a NATO summit will be held here and that we have troops in Afghanistan and Iraq," said the chief.
To be safe, Latvia must accept the possibility of a "certain terrorist threat," he added.
When asked how the bureau had arrived at this conclusion, Kazocins referred to Web sites of the terrorist organization, but would not elaborate.
