Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirteen

WND ^ | 7-11-04 | N/A

[JustPiper]

Picture credit: TheCabal

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"

LINK TO THREAD TWELVE

LUCKY THREAD NUMBER:

HOMELAND INSECURITY

Backup electrical systems failed to kick in

A mysterious power failure at Logan Airport that delayed dozens of flights for more than five hours has still not been explained – six days later.

Airport officials insist airline security was not compromised during the blackout Monday at Logan International's Terminal E, but backup electrical systems failed to kick in as they are programmed under such circumstances.

We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm

Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

See above post.

[JustPiper]

An afternoon explosion in an underground tunnel at O'Hare Airport knocked out power to two terminals, causing long lines and sweltering heat and sending two workers to the hospital with burns to their arms, face and hands.

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-ohare13.html

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Homeland Security worried about "Threat Fatigue" -- Considers Revamping System to Keep You Afraid

New York Times/July 13, 2004
The federal government's color-coded threat system is too vague and confusing to help many local and state law enforcement officials prepare for possible terrorist attacks, Congressional investigators said Monday in a report that prompted leading members of Congress to call for an overhaul.
The report by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, cited widespread concern among federal, state and local officials about the quality and timing of threat information they received from the Department of Homeland Security. A survey sent to 84 agencies, states and United States territories as part of the study found that the warnings were often vague and inadequate, and had "hindered their ability to determine whether they were at risk" and what protective measures to take in response.

Representative Christopher Cox, the California Republican who leads the House homeland security committee, said in releasing the report that the officials overseeing the threat system needed to "make it work better or get rid of it."

Mr. Cox and Representative Jim Turner of Texas, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said the public was at risk for "threat fatigue."

"I'm afraid if we don't make improvements in the system," Mr. Turner said, "the public's going to lose trust and confidence in that system and won't pay any attention to it anymore."

Their comments reflected a growing unease in recent months among leading members of Congress about the government's ability to warn law enforcement officials and the public of an attack.

Those concerns have taken on new urgency after Tom Ridge, the homeland security secretary, warned anew last week that Al Qaeda might be planning a major attack in order to disrupt the electoral process in November.

But domestic security officials said they decided not to raise the nation's threat status - now at yellow, the midpoint in the five-color scheme - because they said they did not have specific information about the timing, place or manner of such an attack.

Domestic security officials defended the threat warning system, saying they had sought to offer more detailed guidance in recent months.

"The homeland security system is a good system," said Brian Roehrkasse, spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security. "Over the past year, it has continued to evolve into more of a risk-based system because we are further along in our assessment of the nation's critical infrastructure, allowing us to determine the impact an attack would have."

One change that Mr. Cox and Mr. Turner said they would push as part of an intelligence bill to be considered in the House this week was to give the homeland security secretary the authority to put out limited advisories to particular states, regions or sectors.

Mr. Turner said that putting out nationwide alerts "willy-nilly"-when there might be no direct threat to 90 percent of the country - was costly, confusing and potentially counterproductive.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread65852/pg1

[judicial meanz]

Final Hit and run post:

Good article about China and how upset they are at the US exercises:



http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1087373703223&p=1012571727088

[JustPiper]

http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=fp-pull-web-t&p=chicago%27s+sister+cities

Chicago's Sister Cities
Accra, Ghana
Athens, Greece
Birmingham, England
Casablanca, Morocco
Delhi, India
Durban, South Africa
Galway, Ireland
Gothenburg, Sweden
Hamburg, Germany
Kyiv, Ukraine
Lucerne, Switzerland
Mexico City, Mexico
Milan, Itlay
Moscow City, Russia
Osaka, Japan
Paris, France
Petach Tikva, Israel
Prague, Czech Republic
Shanghai, China
Shenyang, China
Toronto, Canada
Vilnius, Lithuania
Warsaw, Poland
http://www.chicagosistercities.org/

[oceanview]

this is BS. Without a threat system, local law enforcement will just settle into their usual routine - they will not be proactive at all, like those Port Authority police here in NY that were caught using a patrol boat for fishing. We must keep LEO people on alert all the time. That's their job.

[null and void]

Did JustPiper pull a LittleJoe???

[Indie]

if the spooks with the intel are nervous enough that they've decided to leave London, ought that not be a clue for us sheeple?

Ya' don't have to hit me over the head with a hammer twice...a lot of in-the-know people in a lot of governments and agencies seem to be awfully nervous, especially when taken cumulatively.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I do not know whether the "channel" means anything in relation to a radio channel. They also routinely talk of sequential numbers of "rings," points, etc. But if you go to that website I just linked, there is a photo album on it that has pics like the following and more:

[Donna Lee Nardo]

OK, thanks. I am headed back there now.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Hi Nully. What happened with LittleJoe?

[nw_arizona_granny]

one more freep mail, forgot to add see the words.

[nw_arizona_granny]

What was the other one from last month?

[Calpernia]

That is one of Mel Brooks famous quotes.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

That website I linked is too bogged down now. Pics are taking forever to load...

P.S. Poor Arabs/Muslims! They can't even have a ham radio hobby without us suspecting more! C'est la vie.

[HipShot]

I was applying it to today's political environment. It could be the demo's motto.

[Calpernia]

[nw_arizona_granny]

To Myrrddin:

Thank You!

To Cal:

Ha Ha Ha.

LOL

[Calpernia]

No, I missed it :(

[null and void]

It was a classic thread.

He posted a vanity about his well abruptly putting out hot water, lots of geology posts, etc.

He contacted local and state authorities to find out why, then a bit later posted that he had to get off, as two black vans were driving up his driveway.

Then he disappeared.

For days.

(He's never living it down...)