Combating Terrorism: Implementation and Status of the Department of Defense Domestic Preparedness Program : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, October 2, 1998U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 178 pages |
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... trying to make here . That official told us that , “ I don't want to seem ungrateful and we'll accept all the help we can get . On the other hand , it seems like the DOD approach has ignored 30 years of national and State emergency ...
... trying to make here . That official told us that , “ I don't want to seem ungrateful and we'll accept all the help we can get . On the other hand , it seems like the DOD approach has ignored 30 years of national and State emergency ...
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... trying to do something to either hurt the United States or to hurt some other agency . But , unfortunately , with all of this goodwill and good inten- tion , we are left with what can best be described as a bureaucratic mess . I would ...
... trying to do something to either hurt the United States or to hurt some other agency . But , unfortunately , with all of this goodwill and good inten- tion , we are left with what can best be described as a bureaucratic mess . I would ...
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... tried to obtain chemical and nuclear weapons . Yet , even before Bin Ladin appeared on the scene , the United States has been worried about the risk that terrorists could use chemical and biological weapons against US citizens here or ...
... tried to obtain chemical and nuclear weapons . Yet , even before Bin Ladin appeared on the scene , the United States has been worried about the risk that terrorists could use chemical and biological weapons against US citizens here or ...
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... tried twice unsuccessfully to produce and use Botulinus Toxin A ( one of the deadliest biological agents ) . They had a similar failure with anthrax . They successfully produced the nerve agent sarin , but it lacked the purity and ...
... tried twice unsuccessfully to produce and use Botulinus Toxin A ( one of the deadliest biological agents ) . They had a similar failure with anthrax . They successfully produced the nerve agent sarin , but it lacked the purity and ...
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... tried but failed to kill three Japanese magistrates with a cloud of sarin because of a wind shift . Saddam Hussein is one of the few leaders in the world who knows firsthand the limits of these weapons . Saddam used mustard gas , tabun ...
... tried but failed to kill three Japanese magistrates with a cloud of sarin because of a wind shift . Saddam Hussein is one of the few leaders in the world who knows firsthand the limits of these weapons . Saddam used mustard gas , tabun ...
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Page 41 - Ruby was implicated in that event. The Commission also sought to ascertain the truth or falsity of assertions that Oswald and Ruby, were known to one another prior to the assassination. In considering the question of foreign involvement, the Commission has received valuable assistance from the Department of State, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other Federal agencies with special competence in the field of foreign investigation. Some of the information furnished...
Page 38 - In addition, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency all claim to have a critical role in the process.
Page 73 - Details regarding all of these grants can be obtained from the International Association of Fire Fighters. 1750 NEW YORK AVENUE. NW. WASHINGTON. DC...
Page 128 - PDD-62, also known as the Combating Terrorism Directive, highlighted the growing threat of unconventional attacks against the United States. It detailed a new and more systematic method of fighting terrorism here at home, and it brought a program management approach to our national counterterrorism efforts. The...
Page 7 - Similarly, multiple programs for equipment — such as the separate DOD and Public Health Service programs and the new Department of Justice equipment grant program — are causing frustration and confusion at the local level and are resulting in further complaints that the federal government is unfocused and has no coordinated plan or desired outcome for domestic preparedness. A major federal initiative to provide better focus and to coordinate federal assistance programs is the National Domestic...
Page 83 - The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this document are those of the author and not necessarily those of the IAFF or NIOSH.
Page 135 - Domenici, mandated that the United States enhance its capability to respond to domestic terrorist incidents involving nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological weapons. The legislation designated DoD as the interagency lead to carry out a program to provide civilian personnel from federal, state and local agencies with training and expert advice regarding emergency responses to a use or threatened use of WMD or related materials. This interagency effort resulted in the establishment of the "train...
Page 118 - June 1,1998, we opened a newly created Center for Domestic Preparedness at Fort McClellan, Alabama dedicated to training state and local emergency responders in both basic and advanced methods of responding to, and managing, incidents of domestic terrorism. In particular, the Center, through its Chemical Defense Training Facility, will be offering advanced training in the handling and management of live chemical agents. Even now in its initial stages of operation, the Center has already trained over...
Page 4 - Mr. Richard Davis (Director, National Security Analysis National Security and International Affairs Division US General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 Dear Mr. Davis: This is the Department of Defense (DoD) response to the General Accounting Office (GAO) draft report, "COMBAT AIR POWER- REASSESSING PLANS TO MODERNIZE INTERDICTION CAPABILITIES COULD SAVE BILLIONS...