High-tech Terrorism: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Technology and the Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session ... May 19 and September 15, 1988, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - 145 pages |
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... MATERIAL SUBMITTED Alderman , Craig , Jr .: Testimony Prepared statement Badolato , Edward V .: Testimony Prepared statement Bremer , L. Paul : Testimony Prepared statement Kupperman , Robert H .: Testimony . Prepared statement Revell ...
... MATERIAL SUBMITTED Alderman , Craig , Jr .: Testimony Prepared statement Badolato , Edward V .: Testimony Prepared statement Bremer , L. Paul : Testimony Prepared statement Kupperman , Robert H .: Testimony . Prepared statement Revell ...
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... materials or nuclear devices , we expend extraordi- nary efforts to be prepared to respond to any such eventuality . One of the most ambitious projects that we are currently work- ing on is the establishment of a response for chemical ...
... materials or nuclear devices , we expend extraordi- nary efforts to be prepared to respond to any such eventuality . One of the most ambitious projects that we are currently work- ing on is the establishment of a response for chemical ...
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... materials to build de- vices . There is no way in our society to have sufficient security meas- ures to prevent a terrorist from attacking a target of very high vul- nerability and potential consequences , high consequences . The only ...
... materials to build de- vices . There is no way in our society to have sufficient security meas- ures to prevent a terrorist from attacking a target of very high vul- nerability and potential consequences , high consequences . The only ...
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... material , just say so and we will understand . We will wait until a later hear- ing when we can have a classified session , if necessary . Look at Libya . Every one of us , just reading the papers and with- out going into any ...
... material , just say so and we will understand . We will wait until a later hear- ing when we can have a classified session , if necessary . Look at Libya . Every one of us , just reading the papers and with- out going into any ...
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... materials and assembly of a workable nuclear device remains an immensely complicated undertaking . Moreover , handling nuclear In materials can be extremely dangerous to the terrorists . our view , few groups , and certainly none ...
... materials and assembly of a workable nuclear device remains an immensely complicated undertaking . Moreover , handling nuclear In materials can be extremely dangerous to the terrorists . our view , few groups , and certainly none ...
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airports ALDERMAN Ambassador BREMER American anthrax assessment assist BADOLATO bomb capability Chairman chemical CIVIL AUTHORITIES Committee communications computer virus coordinated COUNTERTERRORISM DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of Energy develop devices disruption domestic efforts electric power electric power industry EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Emergency Management System emergency preparedness Energy Emergency Management energy systems EXECUTIVE explosives FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEMA going happen high-tech terrorism hijacking industry infrastructure intelligence international terrorism INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST involved Iran James Woolsey KUPPERMAN lead agency major military MOBILIZATION NATIONAL SECURITY EMERGENCY natural gas nerve agents networks nuclear terrorism PAUL BREMER potential prepared to deal problem protect question response REVELL scenario SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Senator LEAHY situation sophisticated statement Stinger subcommittee targets task force technoterrorism TERRORIST ACTIVITIES terrorist attacks terrorist groups TERRORIST INCIDENTS things tion transportation United utilities vulnerability weapons WOLOSHYN Woolsey York
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Page 117 - To this end, the study is sponsored jointly by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict (OASD/SO/LIC) and the Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (DOS/R).
Page 75 - Chairman, this concludes my prepared testimony. I will be happy to answer any questions you or members of your subcommittee may have.
Page 101 - ... Director shall recommend to the President alternative methods of providing Federal planning, management, mitigation, and assistance. 2-103. The Director shall be responsible for the coordination of efforts to promote dam safety, for the coordination of natural and nuclear disaster warning systems, and for the coordination of preparedness and planning to reduce the consequences of major terrorist incidents.
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Page 19 - deficiencies in planning and preparedness" for emergencies at various facilities operated by the Department of Energy, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Department of Defense.
Page 71 - ... Commission such that the Commission's decisions were weighted in favor of promoting the nuclear weapons testing program over controlling the safe production and use of nuclear energy. Still further, the Subcommittee found that this conflict has continued to this day in the AEC's successor agencies — the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. As the primary responsibility and funding authority for radiation health research remains within these...
Page 96 - ... nuclear material, fissionable material, or nuclear weapons or devices in ERDA custody; participate in the conduct, direction or coordination of search and recovery operations for nuclear materials, weapons or devices; assist in the identification and deactivation of improvised nuclear devices; and render advice on radiation and damage probabilities in the event of the detonation of an improvised nuclear device.
Page 101 - But we do have responsibility in ascertaining that the executive branch can respond in an efficient and coordinated fashion to mitigate the damage, injuries, and disruptions that may result from a severe terrorist incident.
Page 85 - This may portend more effective actions against power systems in the future. 20-146 0-89-4 -9Energy-related terrorism in the United States would be a particularly significant threat in a time of national defense mobilization.