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Originally posted by phreak_of_nature
accidentally leaked to the public
The agency's objective is not to scare the public
Originally posted by SourGrapes
Seems like quite a bit is being 'leaked' recently. Is this a warning of an impending attack? This is where our gov't screwed up, prior to 9/11. Warnings weren't made public.
Originally posted by phreak_of_nature
Actually, prior to 9-11 there were warnings made public. The Embassy system was used to warn Americans overseas of the possibility of attacks against US targets. The belief at the time though was that the attacks would not be on American soil, but rather in Europe or the middle east.
www.foxnews.com
Over the last year, the department has drafted its National Planning Scenarios plan that poses the possibility of credible and destructive attacks — including by nerve gas, anthrax, pneumonic plague and truck bomb. The currently confidential report, requested by a presidential directive in December 2003, will be made public in upcoming months, Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said Tuesday.
Originally posted by phreak_of_nature
www.foxnews.com
Over the last year, the department has drafted its National Planning Scenarios plan that poses the possibility of credible and destructive attacks — including by nerve gas, anthrax, pneumonic plague and truck bomb. The currently confidential report, requested by a presidential directive in December 2003, will be made public in upcoming months, Homeland Security spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said Tuesday.
abcnews.go.com
"My understanding is this was an error," Chertoff said in an interview with reporters. "… It's not going to deter us from working closely with our state and local partners in fashioning these plans."
"I'm going to mightily resist the temptation to give information out prematurely," Chertoff said.
"What I want to resist is what I sometimes have observed over the years: a temptation to feed the desire for information by putting something out that we are not in a position to speak about definitively," Chertoff said." Our credibility must rest in a sense that when we say something is a fact, we've done everything humanly possible to, in fact, ensure that we are giving the accurate facts out."
Originally posted by phreak_of_nature
I also believe that the release of this doc is meant to influence some of the members in congress to reevaluate the way monies are dispearsed to local agancies.