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Posted on 10/10/2002 7:28:32 AM PDT by Heartlander2
The Bush administration is close to completing a "super-critical list" of potential terrorist targets that, if struck, would cause the greatest damage to the United States in terms of lives, money, national defense and public confidence, officials said this week.
The list arises from what White House officials said was one of the most comprehensive examinations ever done of the nation's physical infrastructure, including its food and water supplies, telecommunications systems, energy facilities and transportation networks. Besides identifying the most glaring vulnerabilities, a team led by Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge is putting together a report that will recommend steps the government and private sector should take to tighten security.
Ridge said the assessment would put "a sharper point" on weaknesses uncovered since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But when the final report is finished later this year, he said, the public will not be provided with the most sensitive findings.
"We will let you know how we reviewed it, how we made the assessments, maybe generically some kind of recommendations," Ridge said in an interview this week at his White House office. "But we certainly don't want to be telegraphing our defenses to the enemy."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Don't hope too much. This is an example of a hearing on bioterrorism. Apart from Leaky Leahy (the traitor), there's another interesting fact here. Robert Byrd's son in law is one Mohammad Fatemi. His sons, Darius, Fredrik and Erik Fatemi seems to have wide access to the defense field. Note how the Fatemi name pops up on the "professional staff" of these hearings.
S. Hrg. 107-452
BIOTERRORISM, 2001
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HEARINGS
before a
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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SPECIAL HEARINGS
OCTOBER 3, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC
OCTOBER 28, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC
NOVEMBER 2, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC
NOVEMBER 29, 2001--WASHINGTON, DC
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia, Chairman
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii TED STEVENS, Alaska
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
TOM HARKIN, Iowa PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico
BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri
HARRY REID, Nevada MITCH McCONNELL, Kentucky
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin CONRAD BURNS, Montana
PATTY MURRAY, Washington RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama
BYRON L. DORGAN, North Dakota JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado
TIM JOHNSON, South Dakota LARRY CRAIG, Idaho
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
JACK REED, Rhode Island MIKE DeWINE, Ohio
Terrence E. Sauvain, Staff Director
Charles Kieffer, Deputy Staff Director
Steven J. Cortese, Minority Staff Director
Lisa Sutherland, Deputy Minority Staff Director
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Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and Related Agencies
TOM HARKIN, Iowa, Chairman
ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania
DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
HARRY REID, Nevada JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire
HERB KOHL, Wisconsin LARRY CRAIG, Idaho
PATTY MURRAY, Washington KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas
MARY L. LANDRIEU, Louisiana TED STEVENS, Alaska
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia MIKE DeWINE, Ohio
Professional Staff
Ellen Murray
Jim Sourwine
Mark Laisch
Adrienne Hallett
Erik Fatemi
Adam Gluck
Bettilou Taylor (Minority)
Mary Dietrich (Minority)
Sudip Shrikant Parikh (Minority)
Administrative Support
Carole Geagley
Emma Ashburn (Minority)
C O N T E N T S
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Wednesday, October 3, 2001
Page
Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 1
Prepared statement of the American Pharmaceutical Association.... 3
Prepared statement of the American Society of Clinical
Pathologists................................................... 5
Prepared statement of the Commissioned Officers Association of
the U.S. Public Health Service................................. 6
Prepared statement of the Association of State and Territorial
Health Officials...............................................
Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 13
Opening statement of Senator Robert C. Byrd...................... 14
Statement of Hon. Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. Senator from
Massachusetts.................................................. 16
Prepared statement........................................... 19
Statement of Hon. Bill Frist, U.S. Senator from Tennessee........ 20
Prepared statement........................................... 23
Statement of Hon. Chuck Hagel, U.S. Senator from Nebraska........ 28
Statement of Hon. John R. Edwards, U.S. Senator from North
Carolina....................................................... 29
Statement of Hon. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services...................................... 32
Prepared statement........................................... 36
Opening statement of Senator Mike DeWine......................... 46
Opening statement of Senator Richard J. Durbin................... 46
Opening statement of Senator Judd Gregg.......................... 48
Opening statement of Senator Herb Kohl........................... 49
Statement of Jonathan Tucker, Ph.D., director, Chemical &
Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program, Monterey Institute
of International
Studies........................................................ 52
Prepared statement........................................... 55
Statement of Stephen Cantrill, M.D., associate director,
Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center. 62
Prepared statement........................................... 64
Statement of Jerome M. Hauer, managing director, Crisis and
Consequences Management, Kroll Associates...................... 66
Statement of Patricia Quinlisk, M.D., M.P.H., medical director
and State epidemiologist, Iowa Department of Health............ 68
Prepared statement........................................... 71
Statement of Rex Archer, M.D., M.P.H., director, Kansas City
Health Department.............................................. 79
Prepared statement........................................... 81
Tuesday, October 23, 2001
Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 93
Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 95
Statement of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services................................................. 98
Prepared statement........................................... 104
Statement of James T. Caruso, Deputy Assistant Director,
Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice.......................................... 109
Statement of Bob Kramer, president and chief operating officer,
Bioport Corporation............................................ 123
Prepared statement........................................... 125
Statement of Mary Kuhn, vice president of operations, Bayer
Corporation.................................................... 129
Prepared statement........................................... 131
Statement of Barbara Hunt, R.N., M.P.A., district health officer,
Washoe County Health Department, Reno, Nevada.................. 133
Prepared statement........................................... 135
Statement of Hilary Koprowski, M.D., president, Biotechnology
Foundation, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, professor, Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, director, Center of Neurovirology
and Biotechnology Foundation Laboratories at Thomas Jefferson
University..................................................... 136
Prepared statement........................................... 137
Statement of Thomas P. Monath, M.D., vice president for Research
and Medical Affairs, Acambia, Inc.............................. 138
Prepared statement........................................... 140
Statement of Mary J.R. Gilchrist, Ph.D., director, University of
Iowa Hygienic Laboratory....................................... 141
Prepared statement........................................... 143
Friday, November 2, 2001
Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 155
Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 156
Opening statement of Senator Robert C. Byrd...................... 157
Opening statement of Senator Ted Stevens......................... 160
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services................ 160
Prepared statement........................................... 162
Statement of James W. LeDuc, Ph.D., Acting Director, Division of
Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious
Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Department of Health and Human Services........................ 164
Prepared statement........................................... 165
Statement of Michael Friedman, M.D., chief medical officer for
biomedical preparedness, Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America....................................... 171
Prepared statement........................................... 172
Statement of M. Anita Barry, M.D., M.P.H., director, Communicable
Disease Control, Boston Public Health Commission, and member,
National Association of County and City Health Officials....... 177
Prepared statement........................................... 179
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Opening statement of Senator Tom Harkin.......................... 201
Opening statement of Senator Arlen Specter....................... 202
Opening statement of Senator Ted Stevens......................... 204
Statement of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and
Human Services................................................. 205
Prepared statement........................................... 207
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of
Health......................................................... 210
Prepared statement........................................... 211
Opening statement of Senator Herb Kohl........................... 218
Opening statement of Senator Mary L. Landrieu.................... 224
Prepared statement........................................... 226
Statement of Ken Alibek, M.D., president, Advanced Biosystems,
Inc............................................................ 229
Prepared statement........................................... 231
Statement of Joseph Barbera, M.D., associate professor and co-
director, Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management,
the George Washington University............................... 233
Prepared statement........................................... 235
Statement of Joseph LeValley, senior vice president for planning
and systems development, Mercy Medical Center of Des Moines,
Des Moines, Iowa............................................... 237
Prepared statement........................................... 239
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