DHS: KEEP COWS SAFE FROM TERROR

Al-Qaida is after our cows.
That’s the concern of the Department of Homeland Security, which announced Friday a $33 million plan for a pair of academic centers to combat possible terrorist attacks on America’s livestock and food supply.
The department contends that so-called “agroterrorism” is a “top priority for university research.” But outside homeland security and biological defense circles, experts are deeply divided over how realistic the threat actually is.
Some see America’s farms as tempting morsels for evildoers looking to sow economic chaos. Others think terrorists are much more likely to stick to their usual diet of exploding trucks, shoulder-fired missiles and suicide bombs.
“I’m not sure how attractive this is to the bad guy,” said Phil Anderson, a homeland security analyst at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. “He likes body bags, explosions, things that look good on CNN. So I’m not that worried about the food chain.”
My Wired News article has more.

December 15th, 2003 | Homeland Security | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.