U.S. Called Unprepared For Nuclear Terrorism

U.S. Called Unprepared For Nuclear Terrorism

When asked during the campaign debates to name the gravest danger facing the United States, President Bush and challenger Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) gave the same answer: a nuclear device in the hands of terrorists.

But more than 3 1/2 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the U.S. government has failed to adequately prepare first responders and the public for a nuclear strike, according to emergency preparedness and nuclear experts and federal reports.

Although hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved by rapidly evacuating people downwind of a radiation cloud, officials have trained only small numbers of first responders to prepare for such an event, according to public health specialists and government documents. And the information given to the public is flawed and incomplete, many experts agree.

"The United States is, at the moment, not well prepared to manage an evacuation of this sort in the relevant time frame," said Richard Falkenrath, former deputy homeland security adviser and now a fellow at the Brookings Institution. "The federal government currently lacks the ability to generate and broadcast specific, geographically tailored evacuation instructions" across the country, he said.

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"Bring 'em on."

Homeland Security money has been wasted protecting shrub from us instead of us from a foreign enemy.

that's why the boarders are still porous, the airports are unsecured, the vital places like power plants, dams etc are not secured. The ports are not secured. The only advances being made are

building a huge security force around the chimp.
padding the pockets of more bush friends with homeland security grant money

rmoval of all citizen rights

ability to wire tap civilians

working on a weapon to control the masses

it's obvious that the white house is not afraid of an outside terror attack but is very afraid of an internal one from a us citizen. I believe thats most likely because they know when and if a terrorist attack is coming. Why spend all that money to secure our ports, our borders, our food and water supply, our energy sources, when the chimps friends dont get money for those things.

for any extraterrestial or alien invasion.

New York moves command responsibility for HazMat from the Pros (FDNY) to the wannabes(NYPD) and San Jose CA ("The Capital of Silicon Valley"} .

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls -- "Nuclear Terrorism" and an explosion in a chemical factory or a petroleum refinery or a silicon fab (with arsine and phosphine) call for the same skills and training. Duh!

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