Al-Qaeda group plots poisoning US food

The same Al-Qaeda-linked group that attempted to send bombs on cargo planes earlier this year considered putting poison in food served at US hotels and restaurants, US media reported.
US intelligence officials told CNN on Tuesday that the Yemen-based Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) were considering poisoning food supplies with the deadly chemicals ricin and cyanide.
The Department of Homeland Security however also emphasized the threat was akin to the plots discussed in numerous online jihadist publications, where militants and their sympathizers routinely consider ways to attack western interests.
"We're talking months, not weeks (ago), that this came into the threat stream," an official told CNN.
An anonymous source in the US intelligence community told CBS News earlier this week that the threat was "credible."