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Goss Fears WMD attack in U.S. "a matter of time"
The Washington Times. ^ | 2/16/2005 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 02/17/2005 6:16:17 AM PST by television is just wrong

Goss fears WMD attack in U.S. 'a matter of time'

By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Senior U.S. intelligence leaders told Congress yesterday that "it may only be a matter of time" before terrorists try to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States. In his first public appearance since becoming CIA director in September, Porter J. Goss used the annual worldwide threat hearing to issue the prediction, while another federal official said the FBI knows little about al Qaeda sleeper cells such as the September 11 terrorists. "It may be only a matter of time before al Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons," Mr. Goss told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testified that he is "very concerned" about the lack of data on a network of al Qaeda "sleeper" cells in the United States.

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To: Waco

I'll agree with that. You do not go off to war and leave your fort gate open. You will have nothing to come back to.

Now we have to demand that from the federal government.


121 posted on 02/18/2005 4:07:09 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: Mark17

After, probably.


122 posted on 02/18/2005 5:06:49 AM PST by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Gotcha.


123 posted on 02/18/2005 5:58:29 AM PST by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: Chong
Come over here and read the thread if you have the balls!
124 posted on 03/18/2005 7:38:33 PM PST by SheLion (The America we once knew and loved ........................is gone.)
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