Homeland Security Update for the "Terrorism-General," "Intelligence & Warning," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and "Homeland Security-General" Focus Groups

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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 PM
> Subject: FW: Homeland Security Update for the "Terrorism-General," 
> "Intelligence & Warning," "Weapons of Mass Destruction," and "Homeland 
> Security-General" Focus Groups
>
>
> > CQ 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 Staff
> > Former 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 
> > against
> > the 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 
> > dead
> > Muslims 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 
> > tracking
> > unit at the CIA from 1996 to 1999. The CIA recently forbade him from
> > speaking 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 were
> > launched without warning and without an offer to convert the victims 
> > of
> > the attacks to Islam.
> > However, the Oct. 29 release of a videotape by bin Laden constitutes 
> > fair
> > warning, as it addresses the American people directly, Scheuer warned.
> > "Their intention is to end the war as soon as they can, and to 
> > ratchet up
> > the 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 interview
> > since 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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