U.S. Halts Pilot Program in New York to Detect Biological Attacks

WASHINGTON POST.com ^ | MAY 7, 2009 | Spencer S. Hsu

[Cindy]

The Department of Homeland Security is dismantling a next-generation biological attack warning system in New York City subways because of technical problems, U.S. officials said.

Robert Hooks, a deputy assistant secretary, said the department no longer believes it is necessary to expand the pilot program, as he told Congress in July, because of resource and technology limits. Hooks said a long-planned alternative sensor system, set for initial deployment late next year, also will not be available nationwide until 2012, to allow for more testing.

The deactivation of the pilot program in late March marks a setback in U.S. efforts to detect biological weapons, and its disclosure comes as the Obama administration is unveiling new security priorities as part of its 2010 budget today.

[Sacajaweau]

Dear Al queda, Just to keep you up to date......

[Cindy]

I understand what you are saying.

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They read us...we read them.

[stevie_d_64]

Thanks...

So the “pilot” program which had “probably” been working for the last few years gobbling up untold billions of dollars had been having “technical” problems (i.e.: not working) is being canned...

Ans someone thought it might be a good idea to let the world know this???

This is becoming a surreal existance to me...

[Man50D]

Robert Hooks, a deputy assistant secretary, said the department no longer believes it is necessary to expand the pilot program, as he told Congress in July, because of resource and technology limits.

BO and his socialist minions in Congress have plenty of resources to fund corrupt socialist ACORN with GPS devices to mark where everyone lives during the census.

[BallyBill]

Obviously a trick to make Al Queda show their cards. Even if you did drop the program, you wouldn't be stupid enough to announce it. Right?

[Cindy]

Yes, the Census takers do have high tech, costly technology available to them:

http://www.intomobile.com/2007/04/04/2010-census-goes-high-tech-with-data-only-htc-census-gps-smartphone.html

[Cindy]

I can’t speak for the Big 0 Administration nor the Washington Post.

If it was up to me, a common housewife; I sure wouldn’t print it in a major newspaper.

[Cindy]

The jihadis do follow the main-stream media. Here is one example:

stepping back in time...

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929862/posts?page=11#11

Off Topic...

Zarqawi is dead now, of course, but when he was alive he said...

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/005285.html

19 November 2005
“ZARQAWI: ‘I READ IT IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES’”

You can hear that snippet of his speech here:

http://internet-haganah.com/hmedia/19nov05-zarqawi-latimes.mp3

11 posted on November 24, 2007 1:31:45 AM PST by Cindy

[Diogenesis]

"Obama's Budget Eliminates New Funding for Nuclear Detection"

[Cindy]

Thank you Diogenesis for adding that link.

[hockea]

It has long been known that the most effective bio/sensor system in dependable use are the ER’s of hospitals.

[EBH]

Ok, so for the past few weeks we've had swine flu, H1N1. Technically a pandemic level 5 and we're still not sure if it is a natural phenomena or lab generated. What did our reaction to this demonstrate to the enemy? Ignorance, ineptitude, won't close the borders, won't institute protective measures...yeah I could go on and on.

Now we announce the end of this program?

Psst....a bioattack is coming in the next 6 months or less. Watch and see. And, it may not be from a foreign source. They need this kind of crisis to demonstrate how bad our health-care system really is. Left hand meet right hand.

[Wonder Warthog]

"So the “pilot” program which had “probably” been working for the last few years gobbling up untold billions of dollars had been having “technical” problems (i.e.: not working) is being canned..."

Not at all. This is typical for advanced instrument development. The APDS is FAR cheaper than the "Biowatch" program it is scheduled to replace.

[RU88]

Why on earth is this public information!!?? Sometimes I think the government and its underlings at the Compost have lost their collective minds.

[bergmeid]

What is it about New York? First being terrorized by Air Scare 1 and now being laid out as having poor defenses against a bio attack?

[Lockbar]

Yep. no reason to detect a biological attack. Just give more money to Acorn.

[AndyJackson]

It ain’t New York. It is DHS which was created to make the Department of Energy look good.

I would only note for you Bush lovers that clearly the Bush administration thought it was a good idea to fund the boondoggle to install a system that didn’t work in the first place.

The first step in building a party to represent constitutional conservatives, if there is even such a group around here, is to admit that the Bush administration was, from top to bottom, populated by the most incompetent do nothing namby-pambies to accept presidential political commissions since the Carter administration.

[Lera]

Well they need that money so they can spend it on the welfare , food stamps and housing for all the jihadi’s they are importing

[NYRepublican72]

Obviously a trick to make Al Queda show their cards. Even if you did drop the program, you wouldn't be stupid enough to announce it. Right?

Ummmm.. This is the incompetent 0bama administration we're talking about.