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Homeland Security Update for the "Terrorism-General," "Intelligence & Warning," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and "Homeland Security-General" Focus Groups
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:27:16 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "K.E." <guavaberry () earthlink net> Date: November 15, 2004 11:19:31 AM EST To: David Farber <dave () farber net>Subject: Fw: Homeland Security Update for the "Terrorism-General," "Intelligence & Warning," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and "Homeland Security-General" Focus Groups
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carey, Linda" <Carey.81 () osu edu> To: "Carey, Linda" <Carey.81 () osu edu> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 11:19 PMSubject: FW: Homeland Security Update for the "Terrorism-General," "Intelligence & Warning," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and "Homeland Security-General" Focus GroupsCQ HOMELAND SECURITY - INTELLIGENCE Nov. 12, 2004 - 3:26 p.m.Ex-CIA bin Laden Expert Will Warn of Nuclear Terror Threat on '60 Minutes'By Mickey McCarter, CQ StaffFormer CIA al Qaeda expert Michael Scheuer, who resigned from the agency this week to publicly criticize what he says are flaws in the government's war on terrorism, will tell CBS' "60 Minutes" news magazine on Sunday that Osama bin Laden now has the approval of religious leaders to use weapons of mass destruction - including nuclear weapons - in his campaign againstthe United States. According to a press release previewing the interview, Scheuer will describe how bin Laden "secured from a Saudi sheik ... a rather long treatise on the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the Americans."[The treatise] found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them. Muslims argue that the United States is responsible for millions of deadMuslims around the world, so reciprocity would mean you could kill millions of Americans," Scheuer said, according to the release.Scheuer, the author of "Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror," which was published anonymously, headed the bin Laden trackingunit at the CIA from 1996 to 1999. The CIA recently forbade him fromspeaking to the press after several months of interviews about his book.He resigned from the agency Nov. 9 to make his arguments in public. Scheuer will tell "60 Minutes" that bin Laden drew criticism from some Muslims for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, because they werelaunched without warning and without an offer to convert the victims ofthe attacks to Islam.However, the Oct. 29 release of a videotape by bin Laden constitutes fairwarning, as it addresses the American people directly, Scheuer warned."Their intention is to end the war as soon as they can, and to ratchet upthe pain for the Americans until we get out of their region," Scheuer said. "If they acquire the weapon, they will use it, whether it's chemical, biological or some sort of nuclear weapon." The "60 Minutes" interview with Scheuer, his first televised interviewsince his identity was revealed, is scheduled to air Nov. 14, at 7 p.m.ET. Source: CQ Homeland Security © 2004 Congressional Quarterly Inc. All Rights Reserved
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