Posted on 07/21/2011 1:58:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Government officials say al Qaeda may be trying to infiltrate critical facilities in the United States, including nuclear power plants, for future attacks.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a report this week warning that sabotage by an insider could give terrorists access to major utility facilities.
"Violent extremists have, in fact, obtained insider positions' at chemical and oil refineries and have 'attempted to solicit utility-sector employees," officials said in the report.
The department said it had no "specific, credible intelligence" of an imminent attack, but that there were a wide range of potential threats and areas subject to sabotage.
"There are a lot of very sensitive facilities where someone can get a job on the inside, can get access to a control room, flip a switch, which (can cause) an electric power grid to short circuit, causes a pipeline to explode," said ABC News consultant and former national security official Richard Clarke.
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Back in 2005 I delivered part of a super computer to Los Alamos. I had to go through 3 or 4 inspections to get to the drop off point. My wife and dogs had to wait in a waiting area.
But, all over the place were people in robes and burkas.
Really? With our open borders policy, who would have guessed it? The people at DHS are real geniuses.
Maybe next month they'll figure out what the word "illegal" means.
If this is FACT, then what has DHS done, besides molest six year old, to protect us?
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Sounds like a certain president. . .
Be warnedwe’ve (Homeland Security) have let Al Qaeda into the US.
When is ,the useless government going to identify our enemies?
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