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Article: Watching for danger signals; Is WMD attack on the U.S. imminent?(OPED)(OWLS AND EAGLES)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2005
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Byline: Harlan Ullman, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
On Feb. 16, in open session before the Senate, America's intelligence chiefs sounded a chilling alarm. CIA Director Porter Goss bluntly testified that "it may only be a matter of time" before a terrorist group "attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons" against us. In his written statement, Acting Homeland Security Secretary James Loy, perhaps with the anthrax attacks of 2001 vividly in mind, seconded that warning, telling senators that "any attack of any kind could occur at any time." Neither specified whether the time frame for a future attack was days, months or decades.
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