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From: "" <wbass@9-11commission.gov>4?
To: "" <team3@9-11commission.gov>^,"" <team9@9-11commission.gov>^
Subject: CFR study

Thought some of you might be interested in the following study from my old
base, the Council on Foreign Relations. Jamie M e t z l , the s t a f f e r who did the
l i o n ' s share of the work, is at the Council's DC o f f i c e and would be glad to
talk to us, I ' m sure.

Best, Warren

Forwarded message from Warren Bass <warrenbass@hotmail.com>

>From: Communications@cfr.org
>Subject: CFR News Release: 2 Years After 9/11, U.S. Still Dangerously
>Unprepared & Underfunded for Catastrophic Terrorist Attak, Warns New
>Council Task Force
>Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:12:41 -0400
>
>NEWS RELEASE
>COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
>
>Nearly Two Years After 9/11, the United States is Still Dangerously
>Unprepared and Underfunded for a Catastrophic Terrorist Attack, Warns New
>Council Task Force
>
>0verall Expenditures Must Be as Much as Tripled to Prepare Emergency
>Responders Across the Country

>Contact: Lisa Shields, Vice President, Communications, (212)434-9888

>June 30, 2003--Nearly two years after 9/11, the United States is drastically
>underfunding local emergency responders and remains dangerously unprepared
>to handle a catastrophic attack on American soil, particularly one
>involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-impact
conventional weapons. If the nation does not take immediate steps to better
>identify and address the urgent needs of emergency responders, the next
>terrorist incident could be even more devastating than 9/11.
>
>These are the central findings of the Council-sponsored Independent Task
>Force on Emergency Responders, a blue-ribbon panel of Nobel laureates, U.S.
>military leaders, former high-level government officials, and other senior
>experts, led by former Senator Warren B. Rudman and advised by former White
>House terrorism and cyber-security chief Richard A. Clarke. This report
>marks the first time that data from emergency responder communities has
>been brought together to estimate national needs.
>
>The Task Force met with emergency responder organizations across the
>country and asked them what additional programs they truly need?not a wish
>list?to establish a minimum effective response to a catastrophic terrorist
>attack. These presently unbudgeted needs total $98.4 billion, according to
>the emergency responder community and budget experts (See attached budget

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Still Unprepared,
Still in Danger

Report of an Independent Task Force

Sponsored by the
Council on Foreign Relations

Gary Hart and Warren B. Rudman,

Co-Chairs
Stephen E. Flynn,
Project Director
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