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...well. Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, says the cable he unearthed also reveals the Libyan and Sudanese leaders were aware that 9/11 made it likely they would be called to account for "their past record." And it took the threat of retaliation after the attacks on the U.S. homeland to get their attention. "I think the documents indicate that that's what speaks to them - force. Force and serious threats of force," Fitton says...
...Hurricanes One of the few good things to come out of Katrina, says former deputy security of homeland security James Loy, was that it forced officials in other hurricane-prone places to re-examine their emergency plans. "There are many other places in the nation that are now much better prepared," Loy says. Last month, Loy and former FEMA director James Lee Witt founded Protecting America, a coalition of emergency officials, first responders and insurers. The coalition suggested that Gulf officials learn from Florida's example when rebuilding their hurricane response capability. It is one of only five states that...
...That's a particular challenge in Washington, D.C., area, where a major disaster would be dealt with by two state governments, police and fire departments from 18 jurisdictions, and more than 40 federal police agencies and security services. Two years ago, the Government Accountability Office asked the Department of Homeland Security to produce a strategic plan for coordinating the preparations of the roughly 300 entities that might respond to a disaster. In congressional testimony last week, officials said they hoped to have the plan completed by August - although over $500 million has already been appropriated to upgrade the region...
...have a communications system in place among the agencies, we have better equipment to train responders and we have a greater habit of working together than we did five years ago," says David Snyder, a Falls Church, Va., councilman who serves on the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments' homeland security task force. "The problem is that the linkages between these different systems and agencies are extremely weak...
...says Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, another of the Judiciary Committee Republicans who voted for legalization. But to do it is to reward lawbreaking, says Texas Senator John Cornyn, who voted against the bill. "It will encourage further disrespect for our laws and will undercut our efforts to shore up homeland security...