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Pentagon Review Finds No Threat From Saudi Military Students

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Thursdaythat it had found no threat in
   its review of the roughly 850military students from Saudi Arabia
   studying in theUnited States, following a shooting by a Saudi Air
   Forceofficer that killed three people at a base in Florida thismonth.

   "We can report that no information indicating an immediatethreat
   scenario was discovered," Garry Reid, a director fordefense
   intelligence,counterintelligence, law enforcement andsecurity, told
   Pentagon reporters.

   The conclusion clearedthe way for the U.S. military servicesto, at
   their discretion, lift a freeze onoperational trainingthat had grounded
   Saudi military pilots and had restricted Saudistudents to classwork.

   The FBI has said U.S. investigators believe Saudi Air ForceSecond
   Lieutenant Mohammed SaeedAlshamrani, 21, acted alonewhen he launched
   his attackat a U.S. Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, on December6. A
   deputy sheriff fatallly shotAlshamrani during the attack.

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