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Article: Taking civil liberties? (criticism of domestic disaster training led by military specialists by local law enforcement officials)(Washington Whispers)(Brief Article)
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- U.S. News & World Report
- Article date:
- January 12, 1998
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The Pentagon's strong role in domestic disaster training is drawing fire from civilian agencies. In 1996, Congress gave the Defense Department $52 million to conduct the nation's largest civil-defense effort since the cold war. With help from the FBI and other agencies, military specialists are training emergency workers in 120 cities to cope with an attack from biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons. But the training--conducted in seven cities to date--has sparked conflicts over lines of authority. "The military just doesn't understand the police and firefighter worlds," complains one law enforcement official. "They don't even understand the civilian ...
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