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"Harry Hope" |
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16 Jul 2007 10:59:33 AM |
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What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
If only Michael Chertoff could have seen this in his gut:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12nuke.html?_r=4&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and
obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March
that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed
for a so-called dirty bomb.
The investigators, from the Government Accountability Office,
demonstrated once again that the security measures put in place since
the 2001 terrorist attacks to prevent radioactive materials from
getting into the wrong hands are insufficient, according to a G.A.O.
report, which is scheduled to be released at a Senate hearing
Thursday.
(snip)
The bomb the investigators could have built would not have caused
widespread damage or even high-level contamination.
But it still could have had serious consequences, particularly
economic ones, in any city where it was set off.
The undercover operation involved an application from a fake
construction company, supposedly based in West Virginia, that the
investigators had incorporated even though it had no offices, Internet
site or employees. Its only asset was a postal box.
Oh well, looks like it's time to invade the Government Accountability
Office.
Let's roll!
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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| User: "Jerry Okamura" |
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| Title: Re: What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
16 Jul 2007 11:25:07 AM |
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And some of us think the government is able to protect us from a future
attack? That playing defense is going to work?
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:2f5n93lnio3dstfinhmfmatqq3asvbghr0@4ax.com...
If only Michael Chertoff could have seen this in his gut:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12nuke.html?_r=4&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and
obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March
that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed
for a so-called dirty bomb.
The investigators, from the Government Accountability Office,
demonstrated once again that the security measures put in place since
the 2001 terrorist attacks to prevent radioactive materials from
getting into the wrong hands are insufficient, according to a G.A.O.
report, which is scheduled to be released at a Senate hearing
Thursday.
(snip)
The bomb the investigators could have built would not have caused
widespread damage or even high-level contamination.
But it still could have had serious consequences, particularly
economic ones, in any city where it was set off.
The undercover operation involved an application from a fake
construction company, supposedly based in West Virginia, that the
investigators had incorporated even though it had no offices, Internet
site or employees. Its only asset was a postal box.
Oh well, looks like it's time to invade the Government Accountability
Office.
Let's roll!
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Harry
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
16 Jul 2007 02:44:34 PM |
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On Jul 16, 9:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
And some of us think the government is able to protect us from a future
attack? That playing defense is going to work?
Playing offense under Bush hasn't worked.
National Intelligence Estimate: al-Qaeda stronger than ever since 9-11
http://www.ww4report.com/node/4215
"Harry Hope" <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:2f5n93lnio3dstfinhmfmatqq3asvbghr0@4ax.com...
If only Michael Chertoff could have seen this in his gut:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/us/12nuke.html?_r=4&hp&oref=slogin&...
Undercover Congressional investigators set up a bogus company and
obtained a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March
that would have allowed them to buy the radioactive materials needed
for a so-called dirty bomb.
The investigators, from the Government Accountability Office,
demonstrated once again that the security measures put in place since
the 2001 terrorist attacks to prevent radioactive materials from
getting into the wrong hands are insufficient, according to a G.A.O.
report, which is scheduled to be released at a Senate hearing
Thursday.
(snip)
The bomb the investigators could have built would not have caused
widespread damage or even high-level contamination.
But it still could have had serious consequences, particularly
economic ones, in any city where it was set off.
The undercover operation involved an application from a fake
construction company, supposedly based in West Virginia, that the
investigators had incorporated even though it had no offices, Internet
site or employees. Its only asset was a postal box.
Oh well, looks like it's time to invade the Government Accountability
Office.
Let's roll!
By EarlG
Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
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| User: "Talk-n-Dog" |
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| Title: Re: What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
16 Jul 2007 02:56:18 PM |
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wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
And some of us think the government is able to protect us from a future
attack? That playing defense is going to work?
Playing offense under Bush hasn't worked.
So A Congressional surrender did?
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The problem with the global warming theory, is that theories are like a
bowl of ice-cream, it only takes a little dab of ***** to ruin the whole
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| User: "Sid9" |
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| Title: Re: What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
16 Jul 2007 03:14:25 PM |
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Talk-n-Dog wrote:
mordacpreventor@hotmail.com wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.rr.com>
wrote:
And some of us think the government is able to protect us from a
future attack? That playing defense is going to work?
Playing offense under Bush hasn't worked.
So A Congressional surrender did?
Offense, defense, doesn't
mean a ***** when the
leadership is incompetent
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| User: "thats@fact" |
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| Title: Re: What the Fatherland Security Chief's gut missed |
16 Jul 2007 02:57:37 PM |
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On Jul 16, 3:44 pm, wrote:
On Jul 16, 9:25 am, "Jerry Okamura" <okamuraj...@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
And some of us think the government is able to protect us from a future
attack? That playing defense is going to work?
Playing offense under Bush hasn't worked.
Bush's offense has in fact done far more harm than good, but that's
also true of practically everything else he's done in office. Bush's
presidency is without a doubt the biggest disaster ever to hit the
U.S.A.
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