WASHINGTON, DCTerrorist chatter about a possible al-Qaeda attack against the U.S. deteriorated into gossip Monday, according to top federal intelligence officials. 'We intercepted a phone call in which two al-Qaeda operatives were discussing plans to conduct reconnaissance missions at certain U.S. landmarks,' CIA operative Tim Huber said. 'But the conversation quickly devolved into a 20-minute discussion of what someone named Majida Sa'doon was doing at Kanebi Hadi Hameeb's home at sunrise.' Huber added that the gossip is a 'definite improvement' over the glut of small talk about recipes, children, and goats that dominated conversation at this time last year. 