Saturday, August 7, 2010

U.S. Still Unprepared For A WMD Attack


Federal Agencies Still Unprepared For Weapons Of Mass Destruction, 9 Years After 9/11: Justice Dept -- New York Daily News

WASHINGTON - Except for the FBI, no federal law enforcement agency is ready to respond to an attack on the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction, Justice Department officials said Wednesday.

Nearly nine years after 9/11, the FBI has taken "appropriate steps" to prepare. The other agencies under the Justice umbrella were untrained and "as a whole did not have adequate policies or plans for responding to a WMD attack," said Glenn Fine, the Justice Department's inspector general.

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Update: Justice Department Still Unready for WMD Strike, Officials Say -- Global Security Newswire

My Comment: This mindset is one of denial .... i.e. it will not happen on my watch.

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