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US not prepared for WMD attack
« on: June 24, 2011, 12:41:02 PM »
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US not ready for WMD attack, report says
By Lauren Ceronie - 06/23/11 03:33 PM ET

The United States is unprepared for an attack involving weapons of mass destruction, according to a report by the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.

The report, and the commission’s prediction that it is “more likely than not” that a WMD will be used by terrorists by the end of 2013, were the principal topics at Thursday’s joint subcommittee hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on the Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2011.
 
Lawmakers discussed the commission’s statement, made in a prior report, that “Unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack somewhere in the world by the end of 2013.”

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Re: US not prepared for WMD attack
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2011, 12:48:16 PM »
I wonder how much this "Captain Obvious" report cost the taxpayers????

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Re: US not prepared for WMD attack
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2011, 12:49:44 PM »
I wonder how much this "Captain Obvious" report cost the taxpayers????

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Probably millions.
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Re: US not prepared for WMD attack
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2011, 01:21:53 PM »
I wonder how much this "Captain Obvious" report cost the taxpayers????

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More to the point, how many others, just like it, have been published since 1945, and are sitting in some dusty, dis-used filing cabinet in the Library of Congress somewhere?
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