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**Percocetti** · 11-06-2010, 05:22 PM

I speak of the report from the Inspector General of the Justice Department, issued in late May, saying the department is not prepared to ensure public safety in the days or weeks after a terrorist attack in which nuclear, biological or chemical weapons are used. The Department of Homeland Security is designated as first federal responder, in a way, in the event of a WMD attack, but every agency in government has a formal, assigned role, and the crucial job of Justice is to manage and coordinate law enforcement and step in if state and local authorities are overwhelmed.

Three things:
One, what is the Justice department doing investigating our preparedness for WMD attacks? WTF, isn't that completely outside of their job description?

Two, Homeland security has been a fiasco since bush implemented it. Surely conservatives could see that making government bigger is not the solution? I guess not.

Three, constitutionally the Military is the organization that should be defending us from foreign attack. Why isn't the military's preparedness for a WMD attack being considered? Or are they just having all of their calls forwarded to Iraq and Afghanistan? Kudos to the FBI who also have a job description to prevent crime on US soil (which a WMD strike would certainly qualify as).

11-06-2010, 05:22 PM	#10
Percocetti Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	I speak of the report from the Inspector General of the Justice Department, issued in late May, saying the department is not prepared to ensure public safety in the days or weeks after a terrorist attack in which nuclear, biological or chemical weapons are used. The Department of Homeland Security is designated as first federal responder, in a way, in the event of a WMD attack, but every agency in government has a formal, assigned role, and the crucial job of Justice is to manage and coordinate law enforcement and step in if state and local authorities are overwhelmed. Three things: One, what is the Justice department doing investigating our preparedness for WMD attacks? WTF, isn't that completely outside of their job description? Two, Homeland security has been a fiasco since bush implemented it. Surely conservatives could see that making government bigger is not the solution? I guess not. Three, constitutionally the Military is the organization that should be defending us from foreign attack. Why isn't the military's preparedness for a WMD attack being considered? Or are they just having all of their calls forwarded to Iraq and Afghanistan? Kudos to the FBI who also have a job description to prevent crime on US soil (which a WMD strike would certainly qualify as).
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