In a report, the New York Times wrote, citing sources, that U.S. military commanders received a worrying warning in mid-September from U.S. intelligence agencies and other Western countries.

According to the newspaper, Israel warned Germany about the danger to American bases in the country and specifically mentioned the Spangdahlem and Ramstein bases.

In a report about the phone call by one of the suspects in the bombing plot near the Fverford base, the New York Times wrote that some intelligence officials believed that the initial call by one of the five men was part of a plan to divert the police so that a broader program could be carried out at the same time.

Others said it was possible that the five people were low-level criminals and that one of them contacted the police after realizing that he had been recruited to carry out something serious.