<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Efrem:
I must confess: when I read the title of this thread, I thought someone had found a correlation between attack warnings and IQ. I couldn't wait to find out what it was! (Should I shun my smart friends, or hang on tight?)</font>
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Ridge Presents Plan for New Security Department
The White House on Tuesday delivered to Congress its detailed proposal for a new Homeland Security Department in hopes of winning quick passage on Capitol Hill.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...-Security.html
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States Race Against Bioterror Threat
From identifying dangerous microbes to making Mount Rushmore more secure, states and cities are racing to put protections in place against bioterrorism.
A first wave of grants is arriving from Washington, spurring efforts to expand labs, enhance the reporting of outbreaks of sickness and guard against farm diseases that a terrorist might exploit.
Governments are preparing for nightmare scenarios they hardly imagined before Sept. 11: They are securing water reservoirs, updating alert systems from regular mail to high-speed intranets and drawing plans to protect monuments and sports stadiums.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/nati...Bioterror.html
[This message has been edited by doc (edited 06-18-2002).]