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New Terror Report Warns of Insider Threat to Utilities
ABC News ^ | 7/20/11 | BRIAN ROSS, RHONDA SCHWARTZ and MEGAN CHUCHMACH

Posted on 07/20/2011 5:43:36 PM PDT by Kartographer

Sabotage by an insider at a major utility facility, including a chemical or oil refinery, could provide al Qaeda with its best opportunity for the kind of massive Sept. 11 anniversary attack Osama bin Laden was planning, according to U.S. officials.

A new intelligence report from the Department of Homeland Security issued Tuesday, titled Insider Threat to Utilities, warns "violent extremists have, in fact, obtained insider positions," and that "outsiders have attempted to solicit utility-sector employees" for damaging physical and cyber attacks.

"Based on the reliable reporting of previous incidents, we have high confidence in our judgment that insiders and their actions pose a significant threat to the infrastructure and information systems of U.S. facilities," the bulletin reads in part. "Past events and reporting also provide high confidence in our judgment that insider information on sites, infrastructure, networks, and personnel is valuable to our adversaries and may increase the impact of any attack on the utilities infrastructure."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dhs; terroralert; ulilityfacilities
Real, BS or False Flag? We report you decide!
1 posted on 07/20/2011 5:43:40 PM PDT by Kartographer
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To: Kartographer

obtained insider positions.....one of them works for Hillary....another one runs NASA.....


2 posted on 07/20/2011 5:49:04 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Kartographer

What was it, a couple of weeks ago that an illegal alien worker was found inside an Arizona nuclear power plant?

I also remember six or seven years ago at a Navy installation in San Diego, some contract workers were getting some training in working around radiological materials and a few hours into the class one of them mentioned they weren’t citizens.

Now all of the instructors have to asked at the beginning of class if everyone is a citizen.


3 posted on 07/20/2011 6:03:28 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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“Insider positions.” Please do not tell me that foreign born Muslims are being awarded sensitive positions in American utility companies. And please do not tell me that US born Muslims are being given such jobs without the most careful of vetting. I am not worried about our own home grown ghetto jailbird converts to Islam. They have police records and would hardly be hired for positions where they could do harm. One HOPES.
4 posted on 07/20/2011 6:04:02 PM PDT by Godwin1 (godwin 1)
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To: seowulf

Because we know a terrorist would never lie. /s


5 posted on 07/20/2011 6:06:29 PM PDT by Mom MD (The country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: Godwin1

There are multiple reasons why commies like Van Jones is installed in the barry administration and moves on to ‘other’ jobs when discovered.


6 posted on 07/20/2011 6:06:48 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Godwin1

There are multiple reasons why commies like Van Jones are installed in the barry administration and moves on to ‘other’ jobs when discovered.


7 posted on 07/20/2011 6:07:00 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Terry Mross

And no credible threat.

The fear mongering goes on, a.k.a. the age of Obama.


8 posted on 07/20/2011 6:33:32 PM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: Kartographer
New Terror Report Warns of Insider Threat to Utilities

EPA? Al Gore?

9 posted on 07/20/2011 6:41:33 PM PDT by lowbridge (Rep. Dingell: "Its taken a long time.....to control the people.")
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To: Freddd

You are exactly correct—keep ‘em afraid. Paralyze them with fear.... they’ll do anything to “keep the children safe.” Er, Constitution?...move along, it’s irrelevant.


10 posted on 07/20/2011 7:00:38 PM PDT by TrueFact
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To: Kartographer

The Bush-Clinton-Bush-Obama war against American citizens continues unabated.


11 posted on 07/20/2011 7:30:44 PM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: Kartographer
Real, BS or False Flag?

Whichever it is, it's right out of the first chapter of Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising.

12 posted on 07/20/2011 7:45:59 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Kartographer

Better panic! We’re too free!!! Government would never try to scare us.


13 posted on 07/21/2011 7:15:15 AM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Days .... Weeks ..... Months .....)
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To: Kartographer
Ok, I intentionally didn't read the full article, because, from the excerpt, all I can deduce is that some people working for the utilities are conservatives.

I mean, all it says is "violent extremists" without further description.

That's us, isn't it?

14 posted on 07/21/2011 8:24:22 AM PDT by PENANCE
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To: PENANCE
Alright, I just read the full article and ... no significant change to my prior comment.

I did, however, find it curious that the subjects in question are described in the article alternately as first "outsiders", and then "insiders" without explaining what the heck they mean by either term

(especially "outsiders" ..... "outsiders"??!? Is that something like "die Judenvolk" or are we talking space aliens ... what, exactly does "outsiders" mean?)

15 posted on 07/21/2011 8:31:16 AM PDT by PENANCE
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To: Kartographer
Q: Real, BS or False Flag? We report you decide!

A: False Flag.

Gotta prep the sheep to accept the next constriction of our rights under the guise of providing more 'security.'

16 posted on 07/21/2011 4:12:56 PM PDT by JOAT
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