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Transcript: SECURE HANDLING OF AMMONIUM NITRATE:JAMES W. MCMAHON
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- Congressional Testimony
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- December 14, 2005
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Congressional Testimony
12-14-2005
Statement of James W. McMahon Director, New York State Office of Homeland
Security Committee on House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Prevention
of Nuclear and Biological Attack December 14, 2005 Good morning Chairman
Linder and members of the Subcommittee on Nuclear and Biological Attack.
My name is James McMahon and I am the Director of the New York State Office
of Homeland Security. I applaud and thank you and other members of Congress
for addressing this critical issue. Use of Ammonium Nitrate As A Weapon
The use of ammonium nitrate as a weapon by terrorists, unfortunately, is
not new. In the early morning hours of August 24, 1970, a van filled with
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