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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... operation of electric and natural gas transmission systems , of uninterrupted electronic information transfer , of finan- cial and business operations carried out over telephone lines , of a vast , complex transportation system that has ...
... operation of electric and natural gas transmission systems , of uninterrupted electronic information transfer , of finan- cial and business operations carried out over telephone lines , of a vast , complex transportation system that has ...
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... operational responses to prepare for crises such as these . Much of what we are doing and the initiatives we are taking cannot be discussed in this session , as you indicated . However , I would like to point out some of the things we ...
... operational responses to prepare for crises such as these . Much of what we are doing and the initiatives we are taking cannot be discussed in this session , as you indicated . However , I would like to point out some of the things we ...
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... OPERATIONS , MILITARY INTERVENTION , AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION . LATTER CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE . THE SINCE THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE FBI IS TO PREVENT A TERRORIST INCIDENT FROM OCCURRING , IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE AN ...
... OPERATIONS , MILITARY INTERVENTION , AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION . LATTER CAN BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE . THE SINCE THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE FBI IS TO PREVENT A TERRORIST INCIDENT FROM OCCURRING , IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL THAT WE HAVE AN ...
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... OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES , THREAT ASSESSMENT / RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING , AND TRAINING / PUBLIC INFORMATION INFORMATION AS THESE RELATE TO THE TERRORISM PROBLEM . ALL OF THE ABOVE INITIATIVES ARE BEING PURSUED TO OBTAIN ...
... OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES , THREAT ASSESSMENT / RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING , AND TRAINING / PUBLIC INFORMATION INFORMATION AS THESE RELATE TO THE TERRORISM PROBLEM . ALL OF THE ABOVE INITIATIVES ARE BEING PURSUED TO OBTAIN ...
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... OPERATIONAL RESPONSES TO PREPARE FOR CRISES SUCH AS THESE . MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE INITIATIVES WE ARE TAKING CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION . OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THE FBI IS THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM . THE FBI ...
... OPERATIONAL RESPONSES TO PREPARE FOR CRISES SUCH AS THESE . MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE DOING AND THE INITIATIVES WE ARE TAKING CANNOT BE DISCUSSED IN OPEN SESSION . OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO THE FBI IS THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM . THE FBI ...
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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.
Page 116 - It is, of course, a question of fact — a prime consideration to the validity of every claim for exemption as a conscientious objector. The Act provides a comprehensive scheme for assisting the Appeal Boards in making this determination, placing at their service the facilities of the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and hearing officers. Finally, we would point out that in Estep v. United States, 327 US 114 (1946), this Court held that: "The provision making the...
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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.