Terror Attack Drills Sept. 24-25

by **heyjt** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:48 pm

I found it interesting that these activities are all planned for this weekend. anybody notice any others?? D.C. nuke terror drill Pentagon's secret 'Granite Shadow' program revealed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: September 24, 2005 1:30 p.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com The Pentagon's on-going series of secret nuclear terror drills, designed to simulate crisis scenarios and execute planned responses, today are being played out in the nation's capital, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence newsletter published by the founder of WND. The drill, directed by NORTHCOM in Colorado Springs, is the latest in a series of planning exercises designed to prevent the detonation of nuclear weapons inside the U.S. The report says President Bush was to visit NORTHCOM coinciding with the drill. ----------- And this in Seattle: Smoke on the Water, But no Fire Date: September 16, 2005 Contact: Mick Shultz, Port of Seattle, 206-728-3091; Susan Harris-Huether, WSF, 206-515-3460; Helen Fitzpatrick, Seattle Fire Dept., 206-386-1463; LCDR Rick Rodriquez, USCG, 206-217-6065 Seattle – Sept. 16, 2005 Don’t be alarmed when smoke fills the sky and emergency vehicles roll on the Seattle and Tacoma waterfronts on Sunday, Sept. 25. It’s not a real emergency – just a drill to help local emergency response organizations and federal agencies practice handling a large-scale maritime disaster. Called the Marine Terrorism Response Exercise, the event involves four simulated emergency scenarios: An explosion aboard a ferry boat on Elliott Bay; an explosion aboard a containership on Commencement Bay in Tacoma, an attack on a cruise ship at the Port of Seattle; and the discovery of a recreational boat full of explosives at the Port of Everett. The cruise ship and recreational boat scenarios will be “on-paper” only, but the containership and ferryboat events will be full-scale simulations that involve highly visible rescue and response operations. “In the emergency response community the value of drills is well known,” said Port of Seattle CEO M. R. Dinsmore. “The Port and its partners in this exercise will do their best to simulate an actual emergency and practice our response so that we’re better prepared if we ever face a real maritime disaster.” The drill is funded by a $2 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security. The Port of Seattle is the administrator of the grant. The exercise is being conducted by the Puget Sound Marine Firefighting Commission. Members of the Commission include the Port of Seattle; the fire departments of Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Olympia, Edmonds, Bellingham, Bainbridge Island and Anacortes; the Coast Guard; Washington State Ferries; the Marine Exchange of Puget Sound; the Marine Response Alliance; the North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owners Association; Western States Petroleum Association; Foss Maritime; and the Washington State Marine Cooperative. “Responding effectively to a major maritime emergency, whether it’s a terrorist act or a natural disaster, would require the coordinated efforts of many local, state and federal agencies and private companies,” said Assistant Fire Chief A.D. Vickery of the Seattle Fire Department. “This exercise is an important step toward making sure we have the training, equipment and interagency relationships needed to save lives and property and minimize environmental hazards.” The exercise gets underway at 8 a.m. and will wrap up by 2 p.m. As part of the drill, Washington State Ferries will be collecting 30 older cars at Eagle Harbor during the week of September 19. These cars will be used in drill. They will return to Eagle Harbor on September 26 and be removed permanently throughout the week. In preparation for the September 25 drill, Bainbridge Island residents may see or hear some pyrotechnical activity on Saturday, September 24.

by **dbeach** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:09 pm

mock drills means terrists attcks by the bush/bliar soul mates inc. they kept this one quiet LETS get it out last day today BUT still needs exposure

by **marykmusic** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:15 pm

I had a vision as I was going to sleep last night, of a large ship sailing into Puget Sound with some sort of terrorist-attack agenda. I was also told that this scenario was being "dealt with" and that it would not happen as planned. This is the first I've read of a planned, large-scale drill in the same area. Holy shades of 9-11, Batman! Don't these guys ever change their M.O.? --MaryK

by **heyjt** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:36 pm

William M. Arkin on National and Homeland Security Today in DC: Commandos in the Streets? September 21, 2005 Today, somewhere in the DC metropolitan area, the military is conducting a highly classified Granite Shadow "demonstration." Granite Shadow is yet another new Top Secret and compartmented operation related to the military’s extra-legal powers regarding weapons of mass destruction. It allows for emergency military operations in the United States without civilian supervision or control. A spokesman at the Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region (JFHQ-NCR) confirmed the existence of Granite Shadow to me yesterday, but all he would say is that Granite Shadow is the unclassified name for a classified plan. That classified plan, I believe, after extensive research and after making a couple of assumptions, is CONPLAN 0400, formally titled Counter-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Concept Plan (CONPLAN) 0400 is a long-standing contingency plan of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) that serves as the umbrella for military efforts to counter the spread of weapons of mass destruction. It has extensively been updated and revised since 9/11. The CJCS plan lays out national policy and priorities for dealing with WMD threats in peacetime and crisis -- from far away offensive strikes and special operations against foreign WMD infrastructure and capabilities, to missile defenses and "consequence management" at home if offensive efforts fail. All of the military planning incorporates the technical capabilities of the intelligence agencies and non-military organizations such as the national laboratories of the Department of Energy. And finally, CONPLAN 0400 directs regional combatant commanders to customize counter-proliferation plans for each of their own areas of operations. When that "area of operations" is the United States, things become particularly sensitive. That's where Granite Shadow comes in. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM), the military's new homeland security command, is preparing its draft version of CONPLAN 0400 for military operations in the United States, and the resulting Granite Shadow plan has been classified above Top Secret by adding a Special Category (SPECAT) compartment restricting access. The sensitivities, according to military sources, include deployment of "special mission units" (the so-called Delta Force, SEAL teams, Rangers, and other special units of Joint Special Operations Command) in Washington, DC and other domestic hot spots. NORTHCOM has worked closely with U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), as well as the secret branches of non-military agencies and departments to enforce "unity of command" over any post 9/11 efforts. Further, Granite Shadow posits domestic military operations, including intelligence collection and surveillance, unique rules of engagement regarding the use of lethal force, the use of experimental non-lethal weapons, and federal and military control of incident locations that are highly controversial and might border on the illegal. Granite Shadow is the twin to Power Geyser, a program I first revealed to The New York Times in January. The JFHQ spokesman confirms that Granite Shadow and Power Geyser are two different unclassified names for two different classified plans. In the case of Power Geyser, the classified plan is CJCS CONPLAN 0300, whose entire title is classified. According the military documents, the unclassified title is "Counter-Terrorism Special Operations Support to Civil Agencies in the event of a domestic incident." It is another Top Secret/SPECAT plan directing the same special mission units to provide weapons of mass destruction recovery and "render safe" in either a terrorist incident or in the case of a stolen (or lost) nuclear weapon. Render safe refers to the ability of explosive ordnance disposal experts to isolate and disarm any type of biological, chemical, nuclear or radiological weapon. The obvious question is why there is a need for two plans. My guess is that Power Geyser and CONPLAN 0300 refers to operations in support of a civil agency "lead" (most likely the Attorney General for a WMD attack) while Granite Shadow and CONPLAN 0400 lays out contingencies where the military is in the lead. I'll wait to be corrected by someone in the know. Both plans seem to live behind a veil of extraordinary secrecy because military forces operating under them have already been given a series of ''special authorities'' by the President and the secretary of defense. These special authorities include, presumably, military roles in civilian law enforcement and abrogation of State's powers in a declared or perceived emergency. In January, when The New York Times reported on the Power Geyser name from my Code Names website, the Pentagon argued that "It would be irresponsible … to comment on any classified program that may or may not exist." I can't see how the Defense Department can continue this line of argument post-Katrina. We see the human cost of a system of contingency planning done in complete secret, with a lack of any debate as to what should be the federal government's priorities, emphasis, and rules. As the Granite Shadow commandos and their federal brethren go through their paces today, some inside the system will lament that I have "compromised" their work. But the very fact that nothing in my writing damages the Granite Shadow effort should demonstrate that we can have a discussion of contingency planning priorities in the United States, and debate extraordinary special authorities granted to those in uniform, without compromising the details of the plans themselves. There's still time. The full-scale exercise of Granite Shadow's capabilities and procedures doesn’t start until April 2006. A note to readers: Today begins a weekly feature of Early Warning, namely code name of the week. This will endeavor to discuss some secret program of the government, sometimes with an argument that the secrecy is excessive, sometime with far more questions than answers. <a href="http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/earlywarning/2005/09/today_in_dc_com.html">blogs.washingtonpost.com/...c_com.html</a>

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