Bioterrorism is the biggest threat facing the nation at home and new technologies must be developed to fight it, the new under secretary for the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology …
Schools Across Nation Redrawing Crisis Plans
The Spence School now owns a scanner that directly monitors communications from the city's Office of Emergency Management. At a moment's notice, the school, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, can …
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Postal Service Tests Anthrax Detection
The post office is launching a national test of a system to detect any new anthrax attack, 18 months after anthrax-by-mail terrorism killed five. The search for whoever sent the deadly spores, …
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'Hazmat' teams say budget cuts hurt terror-response role
They are paid to stand ready as the front-line troops in the war against domestic acts of chemical, biological, and nuclear terrorism, yet some of the state's hazardous materials technicians say their …
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Postal Service Tests Anthrax Detection
The post office is launching a national test of a system to detect any new anthrax attack, 18 months after anthrax-by-mail terrorism killed five. The search for whoever sent the deadly spores, …
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Woman Eyed by FBI Lived Quietly in Mass.
A Pakistani woman being sought by the FBI for questioning about possible ties to terrorist networks toiled for several years in Boston academia researching biology and neurology, and devoted much of …
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Text alerts to counter terror attack
Text messaging will be used to alert top figures in the City to a major terrorist attack, the government said yesterday. A sophisticated text messaging system is being developed to ensure that …
An Early Warning System for Diseases in New York
In mid-March, a corner of Queens suffered a sudden, sharp increase in the number of people with fever and trouble breathing, turning up mostly at one hospital's emergency room. Where a statistical …
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FBI Warns of Ricin Threat
The latest intelligence bulletin from the FBI warns law enforcement nationwide to sniff out deadly toxins. Intelligence from the war front appears to be having an impact on security measures at home. …
Traditional Coast Guard Duties Suffer, Study Says
Coast Guard efforts to capture drug traffickers and patrol commercial fisheries have suffered as it has turned its focus to homeland security since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to …
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