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Pentagon Has Role in Homeland Crises

By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, November 28 2012

Imagine this scenario: Terrorists are emboldened. They have smuggled several shoulder-mounted missiles across the Canadian border, perhaps by boat across the Great Lakes. Small teams convene on nuclear power plants in three different states, fire their missiles and hope for mushroom clouds. No clouds come, but meltdowns do occur at two sites. Meanwhile, a fourth team in yet another location spreads anthrax spores via crop duster. Americans start dying by the thousands, with many more tens of thousands at risk and panic spreading throughout the land. In such dire circumstances, who ya gonna call?…

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