This happened two weeks before 911 in Germany. One day when I was coming home from school the gate guards made me get out of my car, open all the doors and the hood of the car so they could search it. When I finally got home I asked my husband what was going on. At first he wouldn’t tell me but did finally when I wouldn’t let up. He told me that the message traffic indicated that there was going to be an attack on an overseas military post.

U.S. and German officials fear terrorists are in the advanced planning stages of an attack on U.S. military personnel or tourists in Germany.

Law enforcement officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com that U.S. air marshals have been diverted to provide expanded protection of flights between Germany and the United States.

“The information behind the threat is very real,” a senior U.S. official told ABC News.

German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schauble told reporters, “The danger level is high. We are part of the global threat by Islamist terrorism.”

Of particular concern, according to U.S. and German law enforcement officials, is Patch Barracks, the headquarters for U.S. European Command, near Stuttgart.

I taught first grade at Patch Elementary School the year September 11th happened. It was quite a long commute from Heidelberg to Stuttgart and the security at the gates of both Patch Barracks and Patrick Henry made the day much longer.

Some of the military posts like Patch Barracks are surrounded by woods which must make it more difficult to secure. I feel for the military families. It sometimes took as long as an hour to get through security.

While I loved living in Germany, I was really relieved to come home to the land of round doorknobs. I could come and go much more freely.

Allahpundit thinks ABC got a bad tip.