Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat Report

Sep 10, 2008

Partnership for a Secure America

Former 9/11 Commission members released the bipartisan "WMD Terrorism Report Card" of the Partnership for a Secure America, assessing the U.S. government's current policies to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism. Supporting papers were released by independent experts Margaret Kosal, Brian Finlay, and Barry Kellman, who also .. Read More
Former 9/11 Commission members released the bipartisan "WMD Terrorism Report Card" of the Partnership for a Secure America, assessing the U.S. government's current policies to prevent nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism. Supporting papers were released by independent experts Margaret Kosal, Brian Finlay, and Barry Kellman, who also answered questions.

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00:00:09 Unidentified Speaker A NEW REPORT SAYS THE U.S. REMAINS DANGEROUSLY VULNERABLE TO CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR ATTACK...
00:00:29 Unidentified Speaker IYN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR SECURE AMERICA. THE TERRORIST ATTACK THE UNITED STATES...
00:01:58 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT MAY BE CAN SIMPLY BY SAYING WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY PRIVILEGES...
00:09:08 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE WITH US HERE TODAY. EXPERTS, WHO WILL MAKE COMMENTS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR SPECIFIC...
00:13:52 Unidentified Speaker THAT MOVES AS TO THE QUESTION SECTION.
00:13:59 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP?
00:14:01 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS THE GREATEST WEAKNESS THAT YOU HAVE FOUND?
00:14:09 Unidentified Speaker I THINK, FIRST AND WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TO DISTINCTIONS. I THINK THE DIRECT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION...
00:14:48 Unidentified Speaker I THINK OVERALL, SLADE WE BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS TO BE A FUNDAMENTAL ATTITUDINAL CHANGE. A LOT OF...
00:15:53 Unidentified Speaker THE VERY FIRST RECOMMENDATION THE 9/11 COMMISSION HAS MADE WAS FOR A DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE...
00:16:35 Unidentified Speaker THE DNI IS A VERY GOOD PARALLEL BECAUSE WHITE HOUSE JUST CAME OUT WITH ITS 12, TRIPLE THREE EXECUTIVE...
00:18:52 Unidentified Speaker YOU MENTIONED WE CAN TO GET OUR HANDS AROUND WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE HAD AN ATTACK SUCH AS THE...
00:19:17 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE ASKING ME TO DO WHAT I SAID WE COULDN'T BE DONE. AND THINK ABOUT -- WELL, LOOK ALL OF US ARE...
00:20:29 Unidentified Speaker AND A NEW YORK OR WASHINGTON, D.C. IT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY DISRUPTIVE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION...
00:20:44 Unidentified Speaker ONE MORE QUESTION BEFORE SENATOR GORTON HAS TO SLIP OUT. YES, SIR?
00:20:52 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS GIVEN THE GRADE OF THE SEA FOR U.S. EFFORTS AS I KNOW FROM THE 1540 COMMITTEE MANY...
00:21:33 Unidentified Speaker THIS STUDY HAS FOCUSED ON WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE AND ON HIGH LEVEL INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. WHEN...
00:22:26 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SIMPLY ADD WHAT SLATE SAID ONE OF THE REALLY BIG PROBLEMS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TODAY...
00:23:38 Unidentified Speaker THANKS FOR COMING. [INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS] AS THE QUESTIONS GET TOUGHER ON GOING TO TURN OVER TO...
00:23:46 Unidentified Speaker YES, IN THE BACK. COULD YOU SPEAK UP?
00:23:49 Unidentified Speaker THE WAY ALONG WITH THAT QUESTION COULD TALK ABOUT MAYBE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN COUNTRIES LIKE...
00:24:05 Unidentified Speaker WHAT'S NEVER BEEN CLEAR TO ME HOW YOU SOLVE PROBLEMS WITHOUT TALKING TO PEOPLE. AND I THINK IT'S NECESSARY...
00:26:24 Unidentified Speaker BRIAN, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK WITH THE FORMER SOVIET EXPERTS, SO I WONDER IF YOU...
00:26:32 Unidentified Speaker JUST QUICKLY, YEAH. WE GET THAT QUESTION A LOT AND I THINK YOU DO AS WELL, CHAIRMAN. YOU KNOW, WHAT...
00:27:41 Unidentified Speaker DID YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ON ANY OF THE POINTS WE DISCUSSED? YES?
00:27:50 Unidentified Speaker HI, PERHAPS YOU CAN ANSWER THIS. ALTHOUGH CHAIRMAN HAMILTON RAISED IT, WHAT ARE THE REASONS YOU THINK...
00:28:28 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE PURPOSELY OF LOWERING THE PRIORITY HERE. IT IS THE OLD QUESTION A POLICY...
00:29:47 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY THAT QUESTION TO OUR EXPERTS AS WELL. WITH RESPECT TO NUCLEAR CHEMICAL AND...
00:30:17 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IT IS A DANGER TO TRY TO DISAGGREGATE THE WMD THREATS. THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY...
00:33:45 Unidentified Speaker WITH REGARD TO THE BIO, I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THAN MY TWO COLLEAGUES. WITH...
00:37:00 Unidentified Speaker IF I CAN JUST GIVE TWO SENTENCES ON THIS AND I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING THE CHAIRMAN AND AVERT...
00:38:51 Unidentified Speaker WHY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THERE ARE TWO ASPECTS IN TERRORISM, ONE OF THE SUPPLY SIDE AND THE OTHER...
00:39:57 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, COULD YOU JUST COMMENT ON THAT? IN THE AREA OF TENSION REDUCTION TRANSFORMATION?
00:40:05 Unidentified Speaker TO REDUCE THE DESIRE OF TERRORISTS TO DO SOMETHING IN THE FIRST PLACE?
00:40:15 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE IS A LOT IS QUITE FRANKLY NOT WITHIN OUR PORTFOLIO TODAY, BUT WITH REGARD TO NUCLEAR...
00:41:31 Unidentified Speaker IT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT YOU ASKED. AND IN MY VIEW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A...
00:43:03 Unidentified Speaker THE WAY I INTERPRETED THE QUESTION WAS HOW DO YOU WIN THE WAR ON TERROR BASICALLY? AND I THINK THE...
00:44:18 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE]
00:44:19 Unidentified Speaker A VERY SMALL GROUP YOU REMOVE THEM AND TO STILL HAVE SOLVED YOUR PROBLEM BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE COMING...
00:46:39 Unidentified Speaker THIS GOES TO THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION IN THE REPORT CARD INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. WHEN ONE DOES...
00:47:51 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL TAKE THESE TWO QUESTIONS HERE AND WRAPUP.
00:47:54 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THE REPORT IS ON THE PREVENTION SIDE OF THINGS, BUT I GUESS I'D ASK YOU MORE ON THE SIDE...
00:48:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SOME THINGS ARE VERY EASY AND VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE HAVE ACHIEVED THEM. IF YOU LOOK AT...
00:51:23 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I THINK THE ISSUE WHICH YOU DISCUSSED IS THERE IS REALLY NO QUICK FIX FOR THE PROBLEM,...
00:53:18 Unidentified Speaker JUST RAP UP THE QUESTION.
00:53:25 Unidentified Speaker THE NUCLEAR ISSUE IS MORE COMPLEX.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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  • Finlay, Brian
  • Gorton, Slade
  • Hamilton, Lee H.
  • Kellman, Barry
  • Kosal, Margaret E.

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