Any Particular Reason You Picked Us, Mr. Secretary?
As part of his continuing mission to scare the bejeebus out of every man, woman and child in the U.S., Homeland Security poobah and Count Olaf look-alike Michael Chertoff is in the city today for a press conference about improvised explosive devices.
Not that there seems to be any evidence that we’re about to endure a wave of IEDs — the homemade bombs that have been so devastating to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan — on our streets anytime soon; today’s talk is just a little “information-sharing session” design to drum up support for a national IED policy. Testifying before Congress two weeks ago, Chertoff indicated that a DHS task force will be stepping up its research into anti-IED technologies … starting in fiscal year 2008.
Until then, just keep your eyes open and your head down, Philly. — Timothy Haas
Chertoff Discusses IEDs In Philadelphia Today [KYW]
“Confronting the Terrorist Threat to the Homeland: Six Years After 9/11″ [DHS]
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