Posted on 10/10/2002 7:28:32 AM PDT by Heartlander2
The Bush administration is close to completing a "super-critical list" of potential terrorist targets that, if struck, would cause the greatest damage to the United States in terms of lives, money, national defense and public confidence, officials said this week.
The list arises from what White House officials said was one of the most comprehensive examinations ever done of the nation's physical infrastructure, including its food and water supplies, telecommunications systems, energy facilities and transportation networks. Besides identifying the most glaring vulnerabilities, a team led by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge is putting together a report that will recommend steps the government and private sector should take to tighten security.
Ridge said the assessment would put "a sharper point" on weaknesses uncovered since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But when the final report is finished later this year, he said, the public will not be provided with the most sensitive findings.
"We will let you know how we reviewed it, how we made the assessments, maybe generically some kind of recommendations," Ridge said in an interview this week at his White House office. "But we certainly don't want to be telegraphing our defenses to the enemy."
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Don't hope too much. This is an example of a hearing on bioterrorism. Apart from Leaky Leahy (the traitor), there's another interesting fact here. Robert Byrd's son in law is one Mohammad Fatemi. His sons, Darius, Fredrik and Erik Fatemi seems to have wide access to the defense field. Note how the Fatemi name pops up on the "professional staff" of these hearings.
S. Hrg. 107-452 BIOTERRORISM, 2001 ======================================================================= HEARINGS before a SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION __________ SPECIAL HEARINGS OCTOBER 3, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC OCTOBER 28, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC NOVEMBER 2, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC NOVEMBER 29, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/ senate ______ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 2002 ____________________________________________________________________________ For Sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512-1800; (202) 512-1800 Fax: (202) 512-2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402-0001 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, Chairman DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii TED STEVENS, Alaska ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania TOM HARKIN, Iowa PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri HARRY REID, Nevada MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CONRAD BURNS, Montana PATTY MURRAY, Washington RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota LARRY CRAIG, Idaho MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas JACK REED, Rhode Island MIKE DeWINE, Ohio Terrence E. Sauvain, Staff Director Charles Kieffer, Deputy Staff Director Steven J. Cortese, Minority Staff Director Lisa Sutherland, Deputy Minority Staff Director ------ Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies TOM HARKIN, Iowa, Chairman ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi HARRY REID, Nevada JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire HERB KOHL, Wisconsin LARRY CRAIG, Idaho PATTY MURRAY, Washington KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana TED STEVENS, Alaska ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia MIKE DeWINE, Ohio Professional Staff Ellen Murray Jim Sourwine Mark Laisch Adrienne Hallett Erik Fatemi Adam Gluck Bettilou Taylor (Minority) Mary Dietrich (Minority) Sudip Shrikant Parikh (Minority) Administrative Support Carole Geagley Emma Ashburn (Minority) C O N T E N T S ---------- Wednesday, October 3, 2001 Page Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 1 Prepared statement of the American Pharmaceutical Association.... 3 Prepared statement of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists................................................... 5 Prepared statement of the Commissioned Officers Association of the U.S. Public Health Service................................. 6 Prepared statement of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials............................................... Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 13 Opening statement of Senator Robert C. Byrd...................... 14 Statement of Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.................................................. 16 Prepared statement........................................... 19 Statement of Hon. Bill Frist, U.S. Senator from Tennessee........ 20 Prepared statement........................................... 23 Statement of Hon. Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska........ 28 Statement of Hon. John R. Edwards, U.S. Senator from North Carolina....................................................... 29 Statement of Hon. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services...................................... 32 Prepared statement........................................... 36 Opening statement of Senator Mike DeWine......................... 46 Opening statement of Senator Richard J. Durbin................... 46 Opening statement of Senator Judd Gregg.......................... 48 Opening statement of Senator Herb Kohl........................... 49 Statement of Jonathan Tucker, Ph.D., director, Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program, Monterey Institute of International Studies........................................................ 52 Prepared statement........................................... 55 Statement of Stephen Cantrill, M.D., associate director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center. 62 Prepared statement........................................... 64 Statement of Jerome M. Hauer, managing director, Crisis and Consequences Management, Kroll Associates...................... 66 Statement of Patricia Quinlisk, M.D., M.P.H., medical director and State epidemiologist, Iowa Department of Health............ 68 Prepared statement........................................... 71 Statement of Rex Archer, M.D., M.P.H., director, Kansas City Health Department.............................................. 79 Prepared statement........................................... 81 Tuesday, October 23, 2001 Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 93 Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 95 Statement of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services................................................. 98 Prepared statement........................................... 104 Statement of James T. Caruso, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.......................................... 109 Statement of Bob Kramer, president and chief operating officer, Bioport Corporation............................................ 123 Prepared statement........................................... 125 Statement of Mary Kuhn, vice president of operations, Bayer Corporation.................................................... 129 Prepared statement........................................... 131 Statement of Barbara Hunt, R.N., M.P.A., district health officer, Washoe County Health Department, Reno, Nevada.................. 133 Prepared statement........................................... 135 Statement of Hilary Koprowski, M.D., president, Biotechnology Foundation, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, director, Center of Neurovirology and Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson University..................................................... 136 Prepared statement........................................... 137 Statement of Thomas P. Monath, M.D., vice president for Research and Medical Affairs, Acambia, Inc.............................. 138 Prepared statement........................................... 140 Statement of Mary J.R. Gilchrist, Ph.D., director, University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory....................................... 141 Prepared statement........................................... 143 Friday, November 2, 2001 Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 155 Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 156 Opening statement of Senator Robert C. Byrd...................... 157 Opening statement of Senator Ted Stevens......................... 160 Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services................ 160 Prepared statement........................................... 162 Statement of James W. LeDuc, Ph.D., Acting Director, Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services........................ 164 Prepared statement........................................... 165 Statement of Michael Friedman, M.D., chief medical officer for biomedical preparedness, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America....................................... 171 Prepared statement........................................... 172 Statement of M. Anita Barry, M.D., M.P.H., director, Communicable Disease Control, Boston Public Health Commission, and member, National Association of County and City Health Officials....... 177 Prepared statement........................................... 179 Thursday, November 29, 2001 Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 201 Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 202 Opening statement of Senator Ted Stevens......................... 204 Statement of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services................................................. 205 Prepared statement........................................... 207 Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health......................................................... 210 Prepared statement........................................... 211 Opening statement of Senator Herb Kohl........................... 218 Opening statement of Senator Mary L. Landrieu.................... 224 Prepared statement........................................... 226 Statement of Ken Alibek, M.D., president, Advanced Biosystems, Inc............................................................ 229 Prepared statement........................................... 231 Statement of Joseph Barbera, M.D., associate professor and co- director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, the George Washington University............................... 233 Prepared statement........................................... 235 Statement of Joseph LeValley, senior vice president for planning and systems development, Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa............................................... 237 Prepared statement........................................... 239
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