Sunday, September 18, 2011

Obama Calls For 'Buffett Tax' On Millionaires

11:13am UK, Sunday September 18, 2011

Barack Obama is to propose a "Buffett Tax" on people earning over $1m (£630,000) a year as part of his deficit recommendations to Congress on Monday.


The President is hoping the millionaires tax will connect with voters

The move is seen as a populist vote winner ahead of the 2012 elections and critics say it will not have much impact on the $3trn (£1.9trn) deficit savings being sought over the next ten years.

The proposal is called the "Buffett Tax" after US billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who wrote earlier this year that rich people like him often pay less in tax than those who work for them due to loopholes in the tax code, and can afford to pay more.

The US President has repeatedly called on Congress to close tax loopholes for "millionaires and billionaires" as he seeks to differentiate himself from the Republicans before next year's election.


Warren Buffett (L) is given the 2010 Medal of Freedom by President Obama

The "Buffett Tax" could help energise President Obama's supporter base by highlighting a feature of the US tax code that allows the rich to pay lower rates of tax than less wealthy Americans because much of their income comes from investments.

The president is expected to outline steps to raise tax revenue as well as cuts in government spending in Monday's proposals.

These could include reforms of the government's healthcare programs aimed at the elderly and those on low incomes.

Mr Obama is not expected to make any changes to the social security retirement plan.

The president's opinion poll ratings have fallen over his perceived handling of the economy and he will want to counter Republican claims he is a 'tax-and-spend' liberal as he campaigns for re-election next year.

Republicans, who control the US House of Representatives, have said that they will not agree to tax hikes.

Mr Obama's millionaire tax proposal comes as British Chancellor George Osborne headed in the opposite direction ordering a review of the controversial higher band 50p tax, saying "inefficient" taxes are pointless



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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Protesters in N.Y.C. blast money in politics

Demonstrators gather in front of a police barricade to call for the occupation of Wall Street, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

(CBS News) NEW YORK - A coalition of groups who say they've been inspired by "Arab Spring" protests against Middle Eastern despots has initiated a large, Tahrir Square-like protest in New York City, in the heart of the financial district.

On Saturday, about 1,000 people converged on Bowling Green Park in Lower Manhattan, near the financial district, to protest the influence of corporate money in American politics. Some will pitch tents with the intention of sitting in for a couple of months.

Organizers of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration have called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months."

The protesters seek to persuade President Barack Obama to establish a commission that would end "the influence money has over representatives in Washington."

Their website is occupywallst.org.

"Something is going to happen Sept. 17 on Wall Street. What it's going to be is up to all of us," Bill Csapo, a volunteer organizer for the event, told CBS Station WCBS.

"I don't think anybody that anybody can look at the political and economic landscape we have now in Washington and not come to the conclusion that the system is broken," Csapo said. "The main focus is the toxic and corrupting effect of unlimited money on the political situation, which would be called a Corporate-ocracy, not Democracy.

"We need to get government back into the hands of the 99 percent, not the one percent," Csapo said. "Right now, the law is currently written for the one percent, and we are seeing an incredible amount of wealth being extracted."

Among the affiliates groups is the 99 Percent Project, whose site advocates for the 99 percent who are "getting kicked out of our homes ... forced to choose between groceries and rent ... denied quality medical care ... working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all.

"We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything."

The original call to occupy Wall Street was put out by the advocacy group Adbusters. NYC General Assembly and U.S. Day of Rage have joined, and similar occupations are being planned for Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.

The hacker/protest group Anonymous also reportedly threw its support behind the Sept. 17 protest, according to WCBS.

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WWII-era plane crashes, burns at W.Va. air show

Posted on Saturday, 09.17.11


A single engine T-28 from the six-plane Trojan Horsemen Demonstration Flight Team crashes and explodes during a performance at the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 at the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, W.Va.
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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- A World War II-era plane has crashed and burst into flames on a runway at a West Virginia air show.

Officials reported no injuries Saturday among spectators at the airfield. Details on the pilot's condition were unavailable.

The crash comes a day after a stunt pilot in Nevada crashed at an air show there, killing nine.

West Virginia Air National Guard spokesman Lt. Nathan Mueller says the T-28 aircraft crashed while it performed during a routine at the Thunder over the Blue Ridge and Open House and Air Show.

A Federal Aviation Administration registry says the plane is registered to John Mangan of Concord, N.C. A message at Mangan's home was not immediately returned.

The Journal of Martinsburg (http://bit.ly/nJ268P ) reports the aircraft lost control during a six-plane stunt formation


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More Americans tailoring religion to fit their needs

By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY
Updated 3d 16h ago


If World War II-era warbler Kate Smith sang today, her anthem could be Gods Bless America.
By Eric Gay, AP
People take part in a National Day of Prayer gathering in San Antonio in May. Polls show that in 1991, 24% of U.S. adults hadn't been to church in the past six months; today, it's 37%.


That's one of the key findings in newly released research that reveals America's drift from clearly defined religious denominations to faiths cut to fit personal preferences.

The folks who make up God as they go are side-by-side with self-proclaimed believers who claim the Christian label but shed their ties to traditional beliefs and practices. Religion statistics expert George Barna says, with a wry hint of exaggeration, America is headed for "310 million people with 310 million religions."

"We are a designer society. We want everything customized to our personal needs — our clothing, our food, our education," he says. Now it's our religion.

Barna's new book on U.S. Christians, Futurecast, tracks changes from 1991 to 2011, in annual national surveys of 1,000 to 1,600 U.S. adults. All the major trend lines of religious belief and behavior he measured ran downward — except two.

More people claim they have accepted Jesus as their savior and expect to go to heaven.

And more say they haven't been to church in the past six months except for special occasions such as weddings or funerals. In 1991, 24% were "unchurched." Today, it's 37% .

Barna blames pastors for those oddly contradictory findings. Everyone hears, "Jesus is the answer. Embrace him. Say this little Sinners Prayer and keep coming back. It doesn't work. People end up bored, burned out and empty," he says. "They look at church and wonder, 'Jesus died for this?'"

The consequence, Barna says, is that, for every subgroup of religion, race, gender, age and region of the country, the important markers of religious connection are fracturing.

When he measures people by their belief in seven essential doctrines, defined by the National Association of Evangelicals' Statement of Faith, only 7% of those surveyed qualified.

Barna laments, "People say, 'I believe in God. I believe the Bible is a good book. And then I believe whatever I want.'"

LifeWay Research reinforces those findings: A new survey of 900 U.S. Protestant pastors finds 62% predict the importance of being identified with a denomination will diminish over the next 10 years.

Exactly, says Carol Christoffel of Zion, Ill. She drifted through a few mainline Protestant denominations in her youth, found a home in the peace and unity message of the Baha'i tradition for several years, and then was drawn deeply into Native American traditional healing practices.

Yet, she also still calls herself Christian.

"I'm a kind of bridge person between cultures. I agree with the teachings of Jesus and … I know many Christians like me who keep the Bible's social teachings and who care for the earth and for each other," Christoffel says. "I support people who do good wherever they are."

And it's not only Christians sampling hopscotch spirituality. The Jewish magazine Moment has an "Ask the Rabbis" feature that consults 14 variations of Judaism, "and there are many," says editor and publisher Nadine Epstein.

"The September edition of Moment asks 'Can their be Judaism without God?' And most say yes. It's incredibly exciting. We live in an era where you pick and choose the part of the religion that makes sense to you. And you can connect through culture and history in a meaningful way without necessarily religiously practicing," Epstein says.

Sociologist Robert Bellah first saw this phenomenon emerging in the 1980s. In a book he co-authored, Habits of the Heart, he introduces Sheila, a woman who represents this.

Sheila says: "I can't remember the last time I went to church. My faith has carried me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice. … It's just try to love yourself and be gentle with yourself. You know, I guess, take care of each other. I think God would want us to take care of each other."

Bellah, now professor emeritus at University of California-Berkeley, says, "Sheila was a jolt to some at the time. But to a lot of people, it wasn't a jolt at all, they had been living that way for a while. Don't romanticize the past. Fervent religiosity was always in the minority. Just because people showed up in church didn't always mean a deep personal conviction or commitment."

Bellah sees two sides to the one-person-one-religion trend. On the positive: It's harder to hold on to prejudices against groups — by religion or race or gender or sexuality — if everyone wants to be seen individually.

"The bad news is you lose the capacity to make connections. Everyone is pretty much on their own," he says. And all this rampant individualism also fosters "hostility toward organized groups — government, industry, even organized religion."

Today, even the godless disagree on how not to believe, says Rusty Steil of Denver.

He grew up Lutheran and retained his parents' "strong moral code," but, he says, he couldn't stick with "ancient myths of people trying to make sense of the world."

"I don't find much comfort in imagining there's an all-powerful God who would allow people starving and all the natural and man-made disasters," Steil says.

Steil calls himself a "live-and-let-live atheist," as apart from the virulently anti-religious variety such as Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins, or "those who actively promote disbelief."

Paul Morris, an Army medic at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and veteran of six tours in the Middle East, says he has seen Christianity, Judaism and Islam in action, for better and for worse, and, frankly, he'll pass.

Morris grew up "old-style Italian Catholic," but says he never felt like his spiritual questions were answered. So, he says, "I just wiped the slate clean. I studied every major religion on the face of the planet. Every one had parts that made sense, but there was no one specific dogma or tenet I could really follow," Morris says.

"So now, I call myself an agnostic — one who just doesn't know. What I believe is that if you can just do the right thing, it works everywhere."

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Prepare to Meet Thy God


Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Amos 4:12.


Many do not realize what they must be in order to live in the sight of the Lord without a high priest in the sanctuary through the time of trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are protected in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully.

Their robes must be spotless, their characters must be purified from sin by the blood of sprinkling. Through the grace of God and their own diligent effort, they must be conquerors in the battle with evil. While the investigative judgment is going forward in heaven, while the sins of penitent believers are being removed from the sanctuary, there is to be a special work of purification, of putting away of sin, among God's people upon earth.

I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of "refreshing" and the "latter rain" to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God.

Those who refuse to be hewed by the prophets and fail to purify their souls in obeying the whole truth, and who are willing to believe that their condition is far better than it really is, will come up to the time of the falling of the plagues, and then see that they needed to be hewed and squared for the building. . . .

I saw that none could share the "refreshing" unless they obtain the victory over every besetment, over pride, selfishness, love of the world, and over every wrong word and action. We should, therefore, be drawing nearer and nearer to the Lord and be earnestly seeking that preparation necessary to enable us to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. Let all remember that God is holy and that none but holy beings can ever dwell in His presence.

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Bloomberg: Jobs crisis could spark riots here

By Aaron Smith @CNNMoney September 16, 2011: 4:10 PM ET


New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, shown here during his September 11 tenth anniversary address, fears that joblessness could lead to riots.



NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is worried that high U.S. unemployment could lead to the same kind of riots here that have swept through Europe and North Africa.

"You have a lot of kids graduating college, [who] can't find jobs," said Bloomberg, during his weekly radio show on Friday. "That's what happened in Cairo. That's what happened in Madrid. You don't want those kinds of riots here."

That was the mayor's response when asked about the poverty rate, which rose to 15.1% in 2010, its highest level since 1993, according to census data released Tuesday. About 46.2 million people are now living in poverty, 2.6 million more than last year.

"The public is not happy," he said. "The public knows there is something wrong in this country, and there is. The bottom line is that they're upset."

Riots have gripped various countries in European cities, including Athens and London, fueled by young people infuriated by high unemployment and austerity measures, which in some cases has led to looting. High unemployment among youth is also one of the driving forces behind the Arab Spring, as impoverished protestors in North Africa and the Middle East rose up against their heavy-handed governments.

"The damage to a generation that can't find jobs will go on for many, many years," said Bloomberg.

The mayor, an independent, criticized the partisan politics that have stymied progress in Congress, and the inability of Republicans and Democrats to compromise on ways to fix the economy.

"There is no overnight solution," he said."You look at the president's proposals. At least he's got some ideas on the table, whether you like those or not."

"The only way you solve this problems is that everybody pays a little more and everybody gets a little less," he added.

The economy added no jobs in August, according to the Labor Department, for the first time since February, 1945.

The unemployment rate is 9.1%, but many experts say that figure is misleading. They prefer to use the so-called underemployment rate, which includes people who have given up their search for jobs as well as people who want to work full-time but are forced to work part-time.

The underemployment rate is 16.2%.
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'Mass casualties' after crash at Reno air show


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RENO, Nev. — A vintage World War II-era fighter plane crashed into a seating area Friday at a popular annual Reno air race show, killing at least three people, including the pilot, and injuring more than 50. Officials feared the death toll would rise.

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Witnesses reported a horrific mix of blood, body parts and smoking debris strewn across the crash site.

The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. during the National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport.

Witnesses told KTVN-TV that planes in the Unlimited race were ascending when one aircraft, a vintage P-51 Mustang flown by a renowned air racer and movie stunt pilot, nose-dived into a box-seat area near a spectator grandstand in the southeast corner.

The plane disintegrated, strewing debris into the nearby stands.

Mike Draper, a spokesman for the Reno National Championship Air Races, described the scene as "a mass-casualty situation." Bloodied bodies were spread across the area as people tended to the victims and ambulances rushed to the scene.

Video: Several videos of plane crash emerge (on this page)



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Jimmy Leeward is seen in this Sept. 15, 2010, photo with his P-51 Mustang.

Jimmy Leeward, 74, of Ocala, Fla., who flew the P-51, was killed, said Mike Houghton, president and CEO of Reno Air Races.

"Dear friends, we are deeply saddened by the tragedy at the air race today. Please join us in praying at this time for all the families affected," Leeward's family wrote in a message posted on Facebook.

Renown Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Carter said at least two others taken to the hospital had died, but did not provide their identities.

'Unbelievable gore'
Witness Maureen Higgins of Alabama said the pilot was on his third lap when he lost control of the plane. She told the Gazette-Journal she was sitting about 30 yards away from the crash and the man in front of her was struck in the head by a piece of debris.

"I saw body parts and gore like you wouldn't believe it. I'm talking an arm, a leg," Higgins told the newspaper. "The alive people were missing body parts. I am not kidding you. It was gore. Unbelievable gore."

Video apparently taken from the stands and posted on YouTube showed a plane crashing nose-down at the show after several other planes raced by in the air.

Spectators could be heard gasping: "Oh my God." A photograph captured the doomed plane, nose down just before impact.

"It was in the Unlimited Gold race on about the second lap when the third-place aircraft, No. 177, the Galloping Ghost flown by Jimmy Leeward experienced mechanical problems," said Tim O'Brien, a Grass Valley resident on assignment at the races for The Union newspaper. "The plane vaulted violently upward, followed by a dive straight into the front of the reserve grandstands."

Jeff Martinez, a KRNV weatherman, was just outside the air race grounds at the time. He said he saw the plane veer to the right and then went "straight into the ground."

"You saw pieces and parts going everywhere," he said.

'Like a massacre'
Local TV stations aired videotape of the scene that showed numerous people being treated at the scene or being carried on stretchers to ambulances.

Debris from the crash was strewn through a seating area in front of the grandstands.

“It’s just like a massacre. It’s like a bomb went off,” said Dr. Gerald Lent of Reno, who witnessed the crash, told the Gazette-Journal. “There are people lying all over the runway.”

He added: "One guy was cut in half. There's blood everywhere. There’s arms and legs."

Stephanie Kruse, a spokeswoman for the Regional Emergency Medical Service Authority, told The Associated Press that emergency crews took a total of 56 injury victims to three hospitals.

She said they also observed a number of people being transported by private vehicle, which they are not including in their count.

Kruse said of the total 56, at the time of transport, 15 were considered in critical condition, 13 were in serious condition with potentially life-threatening injuries and 28 had non-serious or non-life threatening injuries.

"This is a very large incident, probably one of the largest this community has seen in decades," Kruse told The AP. "The community is pulling together to try to deal with the cope of it. The hospitals have certainly geared up and staffed up to deal with it."



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Medics help injured bystanders out of a helicopter into Renown Medical Center.

Houghton, of Reno Air Races, said it was too early to know for sure what caused the wreck, but there appeared to be a "problem with the aircraft that caused it to go out of control."

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Friday, September 16, 2011

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Armed man barricaded in Ariz. air base building

Sep 16, 2011

By Michael Winter, USA TODAY

This undated photo shows Davis-Monthan Air Force Base near Tucson, Ariz. The base is the home of the 355th Fighter Wing and is adjacent to the boneyard for old military and government planes.
By U.S. Air Force/AP
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona is on lockdown as authorities investigate "suspicious activity." No one is being allowed in or out of the base.


Update at 7:02 p.m. ET: An unnamed military official also tells the Associated Press that a man with a gun is holed up in a base building.

Update at 6:35 p.m. ET: An armed man is barricaded inside one of the buildings, according to reports from The Arizona Republic and KVOA.
An unnamed source tells The Republic the man is in a room on the second floor of a building known as the "old dorm." Authorities are attempting to negotiate with the man, who is alone. No shots have been fired.
KVOA cites officials as confirming that an FBI team was dispatched to the base.
Update at 5:58 p.m. ET: KVOA-TV reports that the Pima County Regional SWAT Team and the Tucson Police Bomb Squad entered the base about 2:10 p.m. PT (5:10 p.m. ET).
Base officials have not released any more details.
Update at 4:26 p.m. ET: AP cites an unnamed military official as saying a special agent on the base reported that an armed individual had walked into a building. So far no one has been detained.
A tech sergeant tells KOLD-TV that a man was seen carrying "something gun-like" near an old base dorm that is now used for civil engineering training. It's unknown whether he was a civilian or military.
Update at 3:53 p.m. ET: An ambulance seen leaving the base earlier was taking a pregnant woman to the hospital and was unrelated to the lockdown, according to the base's Facebook page, USA TODAY's Donna Leinwand Leger tells us.
The update says the base is "responding to an unconfirmed report of an individual with a weapon."
By Douglas Stanglin
USA TODAY

Update at 3:28 p.m. ET: The base has issued a statement saying it is in a "heightened state of security" and is investigating "suspicious activity" at the base, which is on lockdown, but that "no shots have been fired, and no one has been hurt."

Update at 3:20 p.m. ET: KVOA says its reporter, Lorraine Rivera, was told by a number of people leaving the base that there was a "civilian shooter" on the facility.

Update at 3:15 p.m. ET: KVOA reports that the Tucson Fire Department responded to DMAFB for a possible patient with multiple gunshot wounds, but the TV station stresses that the report of shots remains unconfirmed.

Update at 3:10 p.m. ET: KPNX TV reports that emergency vehicles have entered the base. Tucson Fire Department vehicles are responding.

Update at 2:55 p.m. ET: KVOA reports that an employee of Sonoran Science Academy, which is located on the base, confirms that security forces told workers not to let any children out of the school and to remain on lockdown, but did not explain why.

Original post: The AP says Air Force Staff Sgt. Caitlin Jones refused to elaborate on the situation.

The base is best known as the boneyard for old military and government airplanes, the AP reports.

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U.S. essentially defenseless from stunning new weapon


FROM JOSEPH FARAH'S G2 BULLETIN

Result could be chaos that may allow terrorists to attack virtually at will
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Posted: September 09, 2011

11:05 pm Eastern

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WASHINGTON – As the nation observes the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, experts are warning that the U.S. effectively is defenseless against an electro-magnetic pulse attack or a far less expensive radio frequency attack on the nation's critical military and civilian electric and electronic infrastructure, according to Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

Two experts – one a communications systems engineer involved in classified programs who works on EMP vulnerabilities and the other a U.S. Defense Department analyst knowledgeable of their impact – said that the nation's sensitive telecommunications and the electronic systems embedded in its financial and banking institutions can be "fried" by a "turn of the switch."

The result could be a chaos that could allow terrorists to attack virtually at will.

They both pointed out that relatively cheap over-the-counter technology embedded not only in sensitive U.S. military equipment but also civilian electronic systems has not been protected from such attacks, a development that could create complete panic throughout the U.S. if they were subject either to an EMP or RF attack.

The two experts who spoke to G2Bulletin asked that their names not be divulged due to the sensitivity of their positions.

An electromagnetic pulse from a high energy explosion, such as from a nuclear device, produces radiation that rapidly changes electric and magnetic fields and produces a destructive current and voltage surge.

Experts have warned the after-effects of an EMP attack could kill tens of millions of people. They say an attack from a radio frequency weapon can knock out electronics everywhere from sophisticated financial systems to the electronics in automobiles, elevators or even medical devices. However, it is assessed that RF weapons do not kill people directly, although the after-effects of such an attack also could produce devastating results.

That would be because without the electronics deeply embedded in systems to provide food, goods, products, fuel and finances, the parts of the nation hit effectively could be returned to an agricultural age, with citizens depending on local production for food and fuel for heat and transportation.

Previous concern centered on an attack from the former Soviet Union or China. That concern persists with the Chinese who claim to be developing an EMP bomb for their DF-21 "carrier killer" missile.

Concern also includes Iran and North Korea, both of which are producing missiles capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that could explode high in the atmosphere, destroying sensitive electronic systems across a wide area of the nation.

The experts agreed that not only is action long past due but they don't see a concerted effort by Congress or policy makers to guard such sensitive infrastructure systems nationally from either an EMP or RF attack.

These experts pointed out that the blast doesn't have to be from a nuclear explosion. It also can happen from a solar storm that could knock out electrical grid systems. Yet, electric utilities have not taken steps to protect against such a natural phenomenon and, as another source pointed out, "there is no sign that it will be done."

Their warning comes despite prior conclusions by at least two congressional commissions – the EMP Commission and the Strategic Posture Commission – on the impact of an EMP attack on critical civilian infrastructure to include electric power, telecommunications, transportation, banking and finance, food and water. In addition, the House Joint Economic Committee has held hearings on the threat from an EMP and RF attack, but as the Defense Department source said, nothing came of the warnings.

With RF weapons, the Defense Department official said that terrorists already have knowledge of such technology and can readily apply it cheaply and unnoticed. He added that the technology is available from Radio Shack to make an RF weapon that could be mounted in a pickup truck.

One scenario he gave was that an RF weapon could be used to "fry" the electronics on vehicles that cross the four major bridges and travel the main thoroughfares to bring federal workers each day into Washington, D.C., from neighboring Virginia and Maryland.

Except for an odd coincidence, outward appearances would suggest vehicles were stalled on the bridges and thoroughfares due to mechanical problems, creating almost instant chaotic traffic jams. However, with bridges blocked and congestion on the boulevards inside the District of Columbia, emergency vehicles similarly would be blocked from responding to an actual terrorist attack within the city.

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