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Great news: US utilities and chemical plants warned of terror attacks by insiders

Evidence uncovered at Osama Bin Laden's hideout indicated that al-Qaeda had plans to attack the United States again around 9/11. On Tuesday, the US Department of Homeland Security (the proud sponsor of the Transport Safety Administration's strip or grope airport security) issued a warning against attacks by insiders at US power plants and nuclear and chemical facilities. Insiders. You know, the ones who might be flushed out if Americans weren't so allergic to profiling.

Let's go to the videotape.



Here's part of the statement that accompanied the report.

"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."

But Homeland Security is insisting that there is no specific threat (translation: They don't even know where to look).

"DHS routinely shares information with its state and local partners on a wide-range of potential threats, and as part of this responsibility, DHS issued an intelligence note to its federal, state, local, tribal and private sector partners on July 19 regarding potential threats to private sector utilities. While DHS has no specific, credible intelligence of an imminent threat posed to the private sector utilities, several recent incidents highlight the on-going threat to infrastructure in the utility sectors from insiders and outsiders seeking facility-specific information that might be exploited in an attack," DHS press secretary Matt Chandler said. "We will continue to work closely with our state and local partners, including our partners in the utility sector, to take steps to best protect from potential threats – including protecting our nation's infrastructure. This includes sharing information as well as best practices."

What could go wrong?

Labels: 9/11, al-Qaeda, Department of Homeland Security

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:08 PM