Ex-Officials Says Terrorism Threat Remains Real

[Washington Post] Spencer S. Hsu - "The threat of a new major terrorist attack on the United States is still very real," concludes a report issued Wednesday by the bipartisan Partnership for a Secure America, co-chaired by Lee H. Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, and Warren Rudman, co-chairman of a 2001 blue-ribbon commission on terrorism. A nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in the hands of terrorists was "the single greatest threat to our nation," and, "We are still dangerously vulnerable." "Globalization, privatization, rapid transportation, instant communications" are spreading proliferation capabilities to developing states and private entities around the world, said Brian D. Finlay, co-director of the Cooperative Nonproliferation Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center, a Washington think tank.


2008-09-11 01:00:00

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