WaPo: After a Nuclear 9/11

[yurbud]

I post this only because it is the one sure-fire way Bush and Cheney could get their war with Iran.

Democrats should have contingency plans for this and not get caught with their pants down again like they did after 9/11--and saying you want to kill A-rabs too is not a plan.

After A Nuclear 9/11

By Jay Davis
Tuesday, March 25, 2008; Page A15

The appearance of nuclear weapons materials on the black market is a growing global concern, and it is crucial that the United States reinforce its team of nuclear forensics experts and modernize its forensics tools to prepare for or respond to a possible nuclear terrorist attack.

Large quantities of nuclear materials are inadequately secured in several countries, including Russia and Pakistan. Since 1993, there have been more than 1,300 incidents of illicit trafficking of nuclear materials, including plutonium and highly enriched uranium, both of which can be used to develop an atomic bomb. And these are only the incidents we know about.

It is quite possible that a terrorist group could acquire enough nuclear material to build a bomb. Nuclear materials have been discovered by border patrols, seized in police raids from India to, as recently as last fall, Slovakia, and even hidden in a flower garden in Hanover, Germany. With enough stolen material, only a few specialists would be needed to build a nuclear weapon. After that, terrorists would lack only a truck to deliver it.

If a terrorist group were to detonate a nuclear weapon on U.S. soil, the FBI, CIA, Department of Homeland Security and the nation's national labs would race to track down those responsible and prevent any further detonations by that group. ..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/24/AR2008032402291.html">FULL TEXT

[Marblehead]

1. I sure wish

Brewster-Jennings was still operational

[yurbud]

exactly. I hoped someone else would add that.

[rudy23]

2. "The appearance of nuclear weapons materials on the black market is a growing global concern"

Unfortunately, our role in putting them out on the black market doesn't seem to be anyone's concern.

Waxman, are you aware of what they're trying to set up?

[Mnemosyne]

3. It's so comforting to know that Valerie Plame is out there tracking...

Never mind.

:nuke: