WMD Charge Called Key Tool in Bombing Case
Accusing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of carrying out a WMD strike at the Boston Marathon could offer prosecutors a clear route to a conviction, even though the two pressure-cooker devices used in last week’s attack do not fit the accepted definition of a “weapon of mass destruction,” academics and former federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Read more [...]
Read More →Individual Preparedness and Response to CBRN Terrorist Attacks
Individual preparedness is an important element of our nation’s strategy for homeland security. This report adopts a scenario-driven approach that provides a rigorous way to identify actions-linked specifically to terrorist attacks-individuals can take to protect their health and safety.
Read More →How vulnerable is the U.S. to agro-terror attack?
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States has spent billions of dollars to make the country safer from another catastrophic event, but little of that money, and little attention, have been directed toward preventing, coping with, and recovering from an agro-attack. How vulnerable is the United States to an attack on its food system? Newsmagazine [...]
Read More →Are Americans safer today than they were four years ago?
The presidential campaign is dominated by economic issues, so the question the two candidates invite their audience to ponder is: “Are you better off now than four years ago?”; the question “Are you safer today than you were four years ago” is hardly, if ever, posed; security experts agree that while security challenges posed by [...]
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