"The Prophet's guidance," says Michael Scheuer, an al-Qaeda analyst who recently retired from the CIA and once headed its Bin Laden unit, "was always, Before you attack someone, warn them very clearly..." The anthrax mailings followed the pattern of letters they sent in January 1997 to newspaper branches in Washington, D.C. and New York City, as well as symbolic targets.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	5:punct	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
3-4	Prophet's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	Prophet	Prophet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	5:nmod:poss	_
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	3:case	_
5	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nsubj:outer	40:nsubj:outer	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	5:punct	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
9	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	8:nsubj	_
10	Scheuer	Scheuer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	9:flat	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	9:punct	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	_
13	al	al	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	15:compound	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	15:punct	SpaceAfter=No
15	Qaeda	Qaeda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	16:compound	_
16	analyst	analyst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	9:appos|19:nsubj|25:nsubj	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	16:ref	_
18	recently	recently	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	19:advmod	_
19	retired	retire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	16:acl:relcl	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	22:det	_
22	CIA	CIA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	19:obl:from	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	25:cc	_
24	once	once	ADV	RB	NumType=Mult	25	advmod	25:advmod	_
25	headed	head	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	16:acl:relcl|19:conj:and	_
26	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	29:nmod:poss	_
27	Bin	Bin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	29:compound	_
28	Laden	Laden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	flat	27:flat	_
29	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	25:obj	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
31	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	40	punct	40:punct	SpaceAfter=No
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	40:cop	_
33	always	always	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	40:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	40:punct	_
35	Before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	37:mark	_
36	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	37:nsubj	_
37	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	advcl	40:advcl:before	_
38	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	37	obj	37:obj	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	40:punct	_
40	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	8:ccomp	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	40:obj	_
42	very	very	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	43:advmod	_
43	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	40:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
44	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	40:punct	SpaceAfter=No
45	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	40	punct	40:punct	_
46	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	48:det	_
47	anthrax	anthrax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	48:compound	_
48	mailings	mailing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj	49:nsubj	_
49	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	8:conj	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	51:det	_
51	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	49:obj	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	53:case	_
53	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	nmod	51:nmod:of	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	55:nsubj	_
55	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	acl:relcl	53:acl:relcl	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	57:case	_
57	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	obl	55:obl:in	_
58	1997	1997	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	57	nummod	57:nummod	_
59	to	to	ADP	IN	_	61	case	61:case	_
60	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	compound	61:compound	_
61	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl	55:obl:to	_
62	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	63:case	_
63	Washington	Washington	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	61:nmod:in	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	63:punct	_
65	D.C.	D.C.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	appos	63:appos	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	69:cc	_
67	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	68	amod	68:amod	_
68	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	compound	69:compound	_
69	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	conj	61:nmod:in|63:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	75:punct	_
71	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	75	cc	75:cc	_
72	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	71	fixed	71:fixed	_
73	as	as	ADP	IN	_	71	fixed	71:fixed	_
74	symbolic	symbolic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	75:amod	_
75	targets	target	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	61	conj	55:obl:to|61:conj:as_well_as	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	49:punct	_
