CHICAGO-The local office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation labels as “completely false” a report that terrorists were planning to use truck bombs to destroy the 110-story Sears Tower. However, managers of Sears Tower, owned by Toronto-based TrizecHahn Office Properties, did meet with FBI agents Monday.

Special agent Ross Rice, spokesman for the FBI’s Chicago office, tells GlobeSt.com that an ABC News report that five men arrested in Detroit, Chicago and Cedar Rapids, IA last week were planning an attack at the tallest building in North America “inaccurate, unconfirmed and irresponsible.”

The office added in a statement that “the FBI is not aware of any credible plans” of a terrorist attack aimed at Sears Tower, which was evacuated the morning of Sept.11, when hijacked commercial jets were slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

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