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COMBATING TERRORISM: PROTECTING THE
UNITED STATES, PARTS I AND II

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY,
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL

RELATIONS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT REFORM

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

MARCH 12 AND 21, 2002

Serial No. 107-156

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COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM

DAN BURTON, Indiana, Chairman

CONTENTS

Page

Hearing held on:

March 12, 2002

March 21, 2002

Statement of:

Bremer, Ambassador L. Paul, III, chairman, National Commission on

Terrorism, Marsh Crisis Consulting; Randall J. Larsen, director,

ANSER Institute for Homeland Security; Joseph Cirincione, Director,

Nonproliferation Project, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;

and Henry L. Hinton, managing director, Defense Capabilities and

Management, General Accounting Office

Keating, Frank, former Governor of Oklahoma; and Edwin Meese III,

former Attorney General, co-chairman, Homeland Security Task Force,

the Heritage Foundation

Verga, Peter, Special Assistant for Homeland Security Office of the Sec-

retary of Defense; Stephen McHale, Deputy, Under Secretary, Trans-

portation Security, Transportation Security Administration, Depart-

ment of Transportation; William Raub, Deputy Director, Office of Pub-

lic Health Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services;

Kenneth O. Burris, Director of Region IV, Atlanta, Federal Emergency

Management Agency; James Caruso, Deputy Assistant Director for

Counter Terrorism, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Joseph R.

Green, Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations,

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:

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Burris, Kenneth O., Director of Region IV, Atlanta, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, prepared statement of

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Caruso, James, Deputy Assistant Director for Counter Terrorism, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, prepared statement of

Cirincione, Joseph, Director, Nonproliferation Project, Carnegie Endow-

ment for International Peace, prepared statement of

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Green, Joseph R., Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Field

Operations, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, prepared

statement of

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Hinton, Henry L., managing director, Defense Capabilities and Manage-
ment, General Accounting Office, prepared statement of
Keating, Frank, former Governor of Oklahoma, prepared statement of
Larsen, Randall J., director, ANSER Institute for Homeland Security,
prepared statement of

McHale, Stephen, Deputy, Under Secretary, Transportation Security,
Transportation Security Administration, Department of Transportation,
prepared statement of

Meese, Edwin, III, former Attorney General, co-chairman, Homeland Se-
curity Task Force, the Heritage Foundation, prepared statement of
Raub, William, Deputy Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness,
Department of Health and Human Services, prepared statement of
Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, prepared statements of..

Verga, Peter, Special Assistant for Homeland Security Office of the Sec-
retary of Defense, prepared statement of

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COMBATING TERRORISM: PROTECTING THE

UNITED STATES, PART I

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2002

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, VETERANS

AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM,

Washington, DC.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher Shays (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Representatives Shay, Otter, Kucinich and Tierney.

Staff present: Lawrence J. Halloran, staff director and counsel; Dr. R. Nicholas Palarino, senior policy advisor; Thomas Costa, professional staff member; Sherrill Gardner, detailee-fellow; Jason M. Chung, clerk; David Rapallo, minority counsel; and Earley Green, minority assistant clerk.

Mr. SHAYS. I would like to call this hearing on, "Combating Terrorism: Protecting the United States, Part I," to order and welcome our witnesses and our guests.

Yesterday, we paused to remember all of those lost 6 months ago in the deadliest terrorist attack to date within our borders. In the unimaginable horror of those events, we are reminded of another harsh reality, the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, were not the first and will not be the last plots of American ground sanctified by innocent civilian blood.

How prepared are we for the next act of terrorism? Long before the events of September 11, 2001, panels of experts and special commissions identified critically needed actions to improve counterterrorism preparedness and response.

The General Accounting Office, GAO and others, called for timely, integrated threat assessments and a comprehensive national strategy to combat terrorism as early as 1998.

The U.S. Commission on National Security, 21st Century, also called the Hart-Rudman Commission, proposed creation of a cabinet level homeland security department to streamline and consolidate counterterrorism programs spread across more than 40 Federal departments and agencies. Governors and mayors joined the call for better first responder training and improved public health systems.

In the wake of the airline and anthrax attacks last year, air travel has been made somewhat safer, border security strengthened, and medical stockpiles are being augmented. The President created the Office of Homeland Security, and Governor Ridge has as his

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