Nuclear Bible - Terrorism & Texas

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The Nuclear Bible: Terrorism & Texas

Intro:Terror is nothing new in Texas, as its been happening since 1963. Every form of terror including a Presidential Assassination, aFootball Franchise, Shootings, Massacres, Horror movies, and Plane Attacks, terror is always bigger in Texas.

Date: November 22, 1963Source: WikipediaTitle/Headline:John F. Kennedy Assassination

Abstract: John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30

UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was fatally shot while riding with his wife Jacqueline in aPresidential motorcade (Wikipedia, 2010).

Date: August 1, 1966Source: WikipediaTitle/Headline:Charles Whitman

Abstract:Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941Aug. 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and a formerMarine who killed 16 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on Aug. 1,

1966. Whitman killed three of his victims inside the university's tower, and 10 others from the 29th floor observation deck of theUniversity's 307-foot administrative building; one, Karen Griffith, died a week after the shooting from her wounds. The tower massacrehappened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer HoustonMcCoy, assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez (Wikipedia, 2010).

Date: 1974-2006Source: Wikipedia

Title/Headline:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Franchise

Abstract:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is an American horror franchise consisting of six slasher films, comics and a video gameadaptation of the original film. The original film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, directed by Tobe Hooper and written and produced byHooper and Kim Henkel, was released in 1974. Hooper also directed the first sequel to the original film, however, the other sequels havehad various writers and directors attached to them. Hooper has not had any direct involvement with the rest of the sequels, however,

he did co-produce the original film's remake and also produced its prequel, along with Henkel. The films have grossed over $203million at the worldwide box office. Leatherface and his family are the antagonists in all of the films in the franchise. The film series isranked eighth at the United States box office in adjusted 2008 dollarswhen compared to other American horror franchises. The

franchise began when a video game adaptation of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre appeared eight years after the release of the film,followed by various comic books, three sequels, a remake, and a prequel to the remake (Wikipedia, 2010).


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1) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)2) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)3) Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III (1990) 4) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994) 5) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)6) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2006)

Date: 1996-1997Source: WikipediaTitle/Headline: Texas Terror

Abstract: The Texas Terror was a franchise in the Arena Football League. The Terror played in the 1996 and 1997 Arena seasons. Theirhome games were played at the Summit also at that time home to the Houston Rockets of the NBA.The Terror's logo appeared to be astylized representation ofFrankenstein's monster holding a football (Wikipedia, 2010).

Date: February 2, 2006

Source: The Daily News, T. J. AuldsTitle/Headline:Nuclear Attack Warning Story Dismissed

Abstract: If you are reading this, you survived a predicted nuclear attack on Texas City. Recent weeks have seen the citymentioned as the subject of rampant Internet and e-mail claims suggesting that emergency management officials were preparing

for some form of attack. Officials with several agencies said those reports are false. Shauna Dunlap, a spokesman for the FBI, said thatthere are no credible or corroborated threats to the area. That attack was to have taken place Tuesday, based on those reports. A

report filed on the Arctic Beacon Web site as well as the site owners Internet radio show had warned of a pending nuclear attack

on the citynot from terrorists, but the federal government. Basing his information on a report from a man claiming to be a formerU.S. Army intelligence officer, show host Greg Szymanski reported that the area was likely the target for a government-led nuclear attack.The report quickly made the rounds via e-mail and blog sites. Attempts to reach Szymanski to comment on his report were unsuccessful.

On Wednesday, people driving along Galvestons Seawall Boulevard could see unmarked black trucks and sport utility vehicles

bearing government license plates near crews setting up what appeared to be satellite or radar gear on the beach. The crews were

wearing shirts embossed with the words, Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team, a branch of the U.S. Defense Department. It

was enough to get even the most timid conspiracy theorist thinking something was up. But local homeland security officials as wellas the FBI said the Internet story and the arrival of the Weapons of Mass Destruction team are little more the coincidental trainingexercises that may have been blown out of proportion. Bruce Clawson, director of homeland security for Texas City, said he was alertedto the online report and passed the information to the FBI. He said it was a routine measure. Based on what we know, we are not awarethat this (report) had any basis in fact, said Clawson. Anyone indicating anything other than training is seriously misinformed.

Members of the Weapons of Mass Destruction team told The Daily News they were calibrating equipment for an upcoming drill.Team members said they were participating in a series of seminars at the San Luis Hotel & Conference Center, not far from where they hadset up shop (Aulds, 2006).

Date: November 6, 2009Source: NPR (National Public Radio), Kevin WhitelawTitle/Headline:Massacre Leaves 13 Dead At Fort Hood

Abstract:A mass shooting rocked one of the nation's largest military posts after a U.S. Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fireinside Fort Hood in Texas. Thirteen people were killed and 30 people were injured according to U.S. military officials. Most of the

victims were U.S. military personnel. One U.S. soldier, armed with at least two handguns, including a semiautomatic weapon, startedfiring around 1:30 p.m. local time before he was eventually shot four times by emergency personnel responding to the incident, Lt.Gen. Robert Cone said. Military officials said the alleged shooter, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, was unconscious and on aventilator.Cone initially told reporters that the suspect had been killed, but offered updated information at a second pressconference that Hasan, a psychiatrist working at Fort Hood, had survived. The accused shooter, however, is not talking toinvestigators, according to Cone.Authorities said they took three other U.S. soldiers into custody in the initial aftermath of theincident, but they were all quickly released. A senior U.S. officials told The Associated Press that investigators have not ruled out the

possibility that some casualties may have been victims of "friendly fire," shot by authorities amid the mayhem and confusion at thescene.Hasan was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before being sent to Texas in July. He wasapparently upset about being scheduled to deploy overseas, according to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas, who told Fox News that shewas told he may have been targeting specific individuals. A source tells NPR's Joseph Shapiro that Hasan was put on probation early in his

postgraduate work at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He was disciplined for proselytizingabout his Muslim faith with patients and colleagues, according to the source, who worked with him at the time. As the attack
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unfolded, military officials immediately locked down the sprawling post, which covers some 335 square miles in central Texas. Thelockdown was lifted several hours later, but the post continues to operate at a heightened level of security. In Washington, PresidentObama expressed his sympathies to the wounded and the families of the slain soldiers, and he pledged a full inquiry. "It's difficult enoughwhen we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas," he says. "It is horrifying that they come under fire at a military base onAmerican soil (Whitelaw, 2009).

Date: November 9, 2009Source: ABC News, Richard Esposito, Matthew Cole, Brian RossTitle/Headline:Officials: U.S. Army Told Of Hasan's Contacts With Al Qaeda

Abstract:U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contactwith an individual associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.According to the officials, the Army was informed of Hasan's contact, but it is unclear what, if anything, the Army did in response.Investigators want to know if Hasan maintained contact with a radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who now lives inYemen and runs a web site that promotes jihad around the world against the U.S. In a blog posting titled "Nidal Hassan Did the RightThing," Awlaki calls Hasan a "hero" and a "man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim andserving in an army that is fighting against his own people." Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) called for an investigation into whether theArmy missed signs as to whether Hasan was an Islamic extremist."If Hasan was showing signs, saying to people that he had becomean Islamist extremist, the U.S. Army has to have a zero tolerance," Lieberman told Fox News Sunday (Esposito, Cole, & Ross, 2009).

Date: December 31, 2009Source: Dallas News, Michael E. YoungTitle/Headline:Downtown Dallas Terror Plot, New Stadium Among The Top Local Stories Of 2009

Abstract:On Sept. 24, FBI agents foiled what appears to have been a dramatic terrorist plot to destroy a downtown Dallas officetower with the arrest ofHosam "Sam" Smadi, a 19-year-old Jordanian living in Italy, Texas. Smadi was arrested after dialing acellphone number that he thought would detonate a bomb inside a vehicle parked underneath the 60-story Fountain Place, the FBI said.

The FBI said the fake bomb was provided to Smadi by undercover operatives who had been monitoring the teen since they saw his

posts professing allegiance to al-Qaeda in an extremist Web forum in January. Friends in Italy where Smadi worked at a roadsidebarbecue restaurant since last spring said they did not know he held extremist views, and his family suggested they might have beeninflamed by jihadist Web sites and FBI prompting. Smadi has pleaded not guilty (Young, 2009).

Date: February 18, 2010Source: CNNTitle/Headline:Remains Of 2 Found After Austin Plane Crash

Abstract: The remains of two people have been found in an Austin, Texas, building where a man crashed a small plane, authorities said.The identities of the two dead people have not been confirmed, the Austin Fire Department said in a statement. Two other people who wereinjured in the incident were taken to a hospital, and 11 others were treated for minor injuries, Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said.Authorities said Andrew Joseph Stack III, 53, an Austin resident with an apparent grudge against the Internal Revenue Service, sethis house on fire Thursday and then crashed a Piper Cherokee PA-28 into the building, which houses an IRS office with nearly 200employees, federal officials said (CNN, 2010).

Date: April 29, 2010Source: ABC News, Jeff CarltonTitle/Headline:Texas 'Terrorist' Posts Death Threat Against Obama

Abstract:A Dallas man describing himself as a terrorist threatened to kill President Barack Obama in an online posting because hewas upset about health care reform, according to a criminal complaint. Brian Dean Miller, 43, faces one count of making threatsagainst the president, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He is scheduled for arraignment infederal court Friday. His public defender and his mother did not return phone messages Thursday. According to a criminal complaint,Miller made the death threats March 21 on Craigslist under a posting titled "Obama must die." The posting said he was following

through on a promise to become a terrorist if the federal health care bill passed."I am dedicating my life to the death of Obamaand every employee of the federal government," the posting said. It ended with a call to arms: "This is war. Join me. Or don't. I
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don't care. I'm not laying down anymore." He said, "Today I become a terrorist." In a separate post the same night, Miller essentiallydared others to turn him in to the Secret Service, according to the complaint. He allegedly wrote that others should "feel free to notify themif it helps you sleep better tonight. You should tell them I threatened to kill the president and destroy the U.S. government. Maybe youwould like to quote the post as your evidence." A resident ofArlington, Texas, reported the threats to the Secret Service. Agentstracked down Miller at his Dallas home, where he lives with his mother, according to the complaint. Police arrested Miller and seized hiscomputer. They found no weapons in the residence. Miller's mother told agents her son is "frequently depressed, prone to verbal outburstsand may be suicidal," according to the complaint. Her son initially refused to answer questions, then acknowledged he made the threats. Hesaid everything posted on Craigslist was "fictional." According to the complaint, when the agents asked if Miller wanted to kill the

president, he told them: "Yes, I would kill him, if I were a different person. I would kill them all (Carlton, 2010).

In a video posted on YouTube, a North Texas police officer states the following:

Date: May 14, 2010Source: YoutubeTitle/Headline:Randomly Stopped And Searched For WMD's In North Texas!

Abstract:

Officer Hagler: We dont know whos hauling mass destruction bombsWevecaught people hauling bomb material down the highway here and its people youwouldnt think it would beThats the reason we talk to everybodyI dont wantit to go down there and blow somebodys family up, or blow a building up or killsomebody. Stuff like thatWe catch a lot of stiff coming throughWe catch bomb

material(Youtube, 2010).

Date: May 18, 2010Source: KHOU News, Shern-Min Chow

Title/Headline:Homeland Security A lert: Terror Suspect May Be Headed To Texas Thr ough M exico

Abstract: A Homeland Security Alert is asking Houston police and Harris County Sheriffs deputies to keep their eyes open for a

potential terrorist. The alert focuses on Mohamed Ali, a suspected member of the terrorist group Al Shabaab. It indicates he may betraveling to the U.S. through Mexico. Al Shabaab is a terrorist group based in Somalia with links to the Somali attacks dramatized in

the movie Blackhawk Down. A few months ago, the group announced its allegiance to Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. [AlShabaab operatives] are certainly a real threat to U.S. security and an increasing threat to U.S. security, said Rice University BakerInstitute Fellow Joan Neuhaus Schaan. Schaan is an expert on Homeland Security and terrorism, and her research is reviewed by the U.S.government, military and civil authorities. She said Al-Shabaab trains extremists and wants to turn Somalia into the next Afghanistan.Similar to the set up in Afghanistan in 2001 when Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden had a strong relationship with the Taliban that allowed

them free reign in Afghanistan, Neuhas Schaan said. The route from Somalia to Texas is shorter than Americans would like to think.It goes through Mexico. Two weeks ago, a federal indictment was filed in San Antonio against a Somali citizen. It alleges AhmedMuhammed Dhakane led a large-scale smuggling enterprise, moving east Africans into the U.S., including members of a terrorist groupcalled AIAI. It was hundreds of individuals, Neuhaus Schaan said, in referrence to the indictment. The current indictment has threecounts for making false statements in regard to immigration for allegedly lying about his ties to t errorist groups. The U.S. Attorneys officein the Western District indicates the investigation is ongoing. Why would Al Shabaab come to the U.S? Either to recruit providemore funding or serve as operatives or sleepers for some future activity, Neuhaus Schaan said. It's not a melodramatic spy movie.

It's reality. In 2007, former Houstonian Daniel Joseph Maldonado was brought back to Houston by the U.S Attorney in the

Southern District after he was captured in Somalia reportedly training with terrorist groups. He had initially been on the frontlinesof Al Shabaab, but when they realized he was an American, they pulled him back because they had plans for him to come back to the U.S.and recruit female suicide bombers, said Neuhaus Schaan. U.S. Homeland Security officials confirmed the Muhamed Ali alert, butdeclined to comment on it. They did not indicate that this report would jeopardize any ongoing investigation. If authorities are right,Mohamed Ali is hardly alone and a terror network is following well-worn human smuggling routes into the Lone Star State.Therewould be a reasonable chance to have him [Mohamed Ali] coming through Houston, Neuhaus Schaan said.They [Al Shabaab] havebeen pretty busy in Texas (Chow, 2010).
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Date:May 20, 2010Source: KVUE NewsTitle/Headline:Pirates Terrorize Boaters On Texas Lake

Abstract: With machine-guns in hand, Mexico's deadliest cartel is patrolling the waters of a Texas border lake. These pirates havealready ambushed three, possibly four boats, operating with virtual impunity as they make off with cash and electronics. It'shappening on Falcon Lake in Zapata, 200 yards from the Mexican border (KVUE News, 2010).

Date: May 26, 2010

Source: Fox News, Associated PressTitle/Headline:Jordanian Man Pleads Guilty In Dallas Bombing Plot

Abstract:Hosam Smadi parked a sport-utility vehicle in the garage beneath a Dallas skyscraper, activated a timer connected towhat he thought was a bomb and used a cell phone to try remotely detonating the explosive he had spent months working to obtain.

Smadi, 19, who pleaded guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction, had hoped the bomb would bring down the 60 -

story building, kill thousands of office workers and create financial havoc. Instead, he was arrested, having been supplied with a

fake truck bomb by undercover FBI agents posing as al -Qaida operatives. The charge is punishable by life in prison, but if Lynn

accepts the plea agreement, Smadi would serve no more than 30 years and then be deported. Prosecutors have agreed to drop a chargeaccusing him of bombing a public place. "Today's guilty plea underscores the continuing threat we face from lone actors who,

although not members of any international terrorist organization, are willing to carry out acts of violence in this country to further

the terrorist cause," said David Kris, the assistant attorney general for national security. Smadi said he came to the United States when hewas 16 and was educated here through the 11th grade. The FBI said it had been monitoring Smadi after discovering him on anextremist website last year. Investigators said he acted alone and wasn't affiliated with any terrorist organizations (Carlton, 2010).

Date: June 3, 2010Source: ABC News, Jason RyanTitle/Headline:Texas Terror Sting: Feds Say Suspect Was In Contact With Anwar al-Awlaki

Abstract:A Texas man has been indicted on two counts for allegedly attempting to support al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula andcommunicating with one of its top leaders Anwar Al Awlaki, a Yemeni-American cleric who U.S. officials have placed at the center

of several recent terrorist plots involving U.S. targets and Americans, including last year's deadly Ft. Hood shooting, which left 13

dead. The man, Barry Walter Bujol, 29, allegedly was in contact with Awlaki going back to 2008, when he gained the attention of theFBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force in Houston. Agents determined that Bujol, who they said used aliases including "Abdul Bari," "Abyu

Najya," "Pat Lex" and "Abdul-Bari Al Ameriki Al Aswad," was in e-mail communication with Awlaki (Ryan, 2010).

Date: June, 29, 2010Source: Infowars, Jurriaan MaessenTitle/Headline:Czech Military To Help National Guard Establish Chemical Warfare Unit In Texas

Abstract:According to Texas National Guard chief commander Adjutant General Jose S. Mayorga, soldiers from the Czech

military 31st brigade of radiation, chemical and biological protection will help their US counterparts establish a similar unit inTexas. He made the statement to the Czech News Agency (CTK) on June 22, while visiting with Czech chief-of-staffVlastimilPicekon his invitation.Since the Texas guard is considering establishing a similar unit, Mayorga said he would like to see how theCzech unit, seated in Liberec, north Bohemia, is organized and how it prepares for emergency situations, and also its way ofreacting to them, reports the Prague Daily Monitor. It is interesting to note that the Nuclear Threat Initiatives (NTI) news outlet

reported on March 16 2009 that this very chemical warfare unit would be assigned to help protect President Obama during his

visit to the EU-USA summit held in Prague in April of that year. Now I dont know about you, but since when does a chemical

warfare unit, specialized in such things as tracking down anthrax-facilities and other devilries, get to protect an American

president visiting? The plan of security measures to accompany the EU-USA summit reckons with us., NTI reported the head of the31st brigade of radiation, chemical and biological protection, Miroslav Knopp, as saying. However, said Knopp, I must not disclose

any details as the [plan] is secret. Our role will be similar to our assistance in the protection of then U.S. President George Bush

during his visit to Prague, and at the NATO summits in Istanbul and Riga. The Czech chemical warfare unit is world-renowned.
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This April it protected the U.S.-Russian summit in Prague. Previously it ensured the security of the Olympic Games in Athens andwas deployed in the Gulf War and other conflicts. Its a strange thing, is it not, that some Czech chemical warfare unit- operating froma relatively second-rate nation in Europe, protects US presidents, provides security for the Olympic Games and is involved in combat-operations overseas. Its even more strange that the unit will now help the Texas National Guard establish a replica of itself in thegreat state of Texas (Maessen, 2010).

Exactly 6 months prior to Superbowl XLV (2011) in Arlington, Texas on February 6, 2011, the following exercise Operation Lone

Star took place in Texas.

Date: August 6, 2010Source:National Guard,Staff Sgt. Daniel Griego

Title/Headline: Texas Guard, Czech Army Trains For Disaster In Operation Lonestar

Abstract: For the joint members of the Texas Military Forces, the Department of State Health Services and local civil agencies,preparedness means more than a ready standing force. With the persistent threat of hurricanes, flooding and seasonal pandemics,preparedness requires a fully trained, joint force capable of engaging a large-scale incident anywhere in the state."What we do and whatwe're training for is a mass casualty," said Texas State Guard Capt. James R. Owens, a registered nurse with the DFW Medical Group.

"It's about taking care of the population."This year, these state assets used the annual humanitarian event Operation Lone Star toconduct a complete exercise simulating a mass casualty incident. Providing the Rio Grande Valley with immunizations, physicals andvarious other medical services, the mission sought to stress and challenge the capabilities of state military and civilian departments, as wellas reinforce their cooperation and inter-agency communication. "At one level, we provide free care," said Dr. Brian R. Smith, lead for the

public health agency sponsoring OLS and the regional medical director for Health Service Region 11. "At the same time, it provides a

preparedness exercise for those of us in public health and the Texas Military forces to work together and to practice together in a

major event." Among the state agencies supporting the operation is the Texas Medical Assistance Team (TexMAT-1), populated byparamedics and medical practitioners from through the state."It's an opportunity under a training scenario to see a lot of people at onetime," said Charles A. Neely, an EMT paramedic with TexMAT-1. "It just improves our capabilities in the long run." The two-weekoperation, running from July 26 through August 6, featured sites in Brownsville, Palmview, Raymondville and San Juan during the firstweek and will include Laredo, Rio Grande City and Zapata during the second week. Many OLS locations rotate from year to year, but

tend to stay centralized in local high schools or elementary schools.

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Further bridging the spirit of cooperation, even service members from the Czech Republic and Chilean armies supported OLS thisyear. "We need to practice for any kind of mass casualty occasion, too," said Capt. Petra Matulkova, an epidemiologist with the CzechArmy, which is part of the State Partnership Program with Texas. "We need to know these things, being military doctors." With somany organizations working together, key leaders placed a premium on clear and effective communication throughout the operation. "A lotof the training that we're doing is being able to communicate," said Owens. "At any level, at any issue, we will have to be able tocommunicate." This finely tuned coordination allowed OLS to process 12,645 area residents in 2009, a number that event organizersexpect will only grow in 2010 and future years. Spanning six counties in Texas, Operation Lone Star functions as an ideal execution of areal-time public health crisis, uniting disparate agencies for a common and worthy goal. "We set it up just as if we may have a thousand

people or one person that needs the services," said Owens. "It may be small at one area or larger at another, but in the grand schemeof things, it provides a very good and very applicable training exercise for our units (Griego, 2010).

Date: August 19, 2010Source: Fox News, Associated PressTitle/Headline:Unguarded Bridges Along Border Are Potential Illegal Route Into U.S.

Abstract: On each side of a towering West Texas stretch of the $2.4 billion border fence designed to block people from illegally enteringthe country, there are two metal footbridges, clear paths into the United States from Mexico. "Technically speaking it's not a bridge, it's agrade control structure," said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, which maintains theintegrity of the 1,200-mile river border between the U.S. and Mexico. The structures under the spans help prevent the river -- and thereforethe international border -- from shifting. Whatever they're called, there are fresh sneaker tracks on the structures -- indicating they're beingused as passages into the country. "This is outrageous and yet another example of the federal government failing miserably in its

duty to secure the border from those who wish to do us harm, and they need to take immediate action to address this situation,"Katherine Cesinger, spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, said in a statement. "If we are spending so much money on a fence, why


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not put some into cutting (the bridges) out, eliminating an easy access at a place that is not a port?" said Don Reay, executivedirector of the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition. "If he can do it, so can drug cartels with loads of narcotics of any kind," Hudspeth CountySheriff's Lt. Robert Wilson said. "Even a terrorist could pass here with weapons of mass destruction and be in the United States andup on the interstate and gone in a short time." The crossings are owned by both the United States and Mexico and are needed forworkers to maintain and occasionally fix cement structures that support the bridge, Spener said. Any changes to the structures, she said,would have to be approved by officials in both countries. And no one has ever asked to secure the bridges or remove them, she said."We would be happy to work with Border Patrol if they have security concerns they've identified," Spener said. "It would be achallenge, but we'd be happy to discuss it." Cordero said he's not aware of any requests by Border Patrol or the Department of HomelandSecurity to secure the crossings. But still, he concedes, it would be nice if there was more security around the remote crossing. "Obviously

this is where technology and the experience of our agents comes into play," Cordero said. "Do we have to pay more attention here? Yes,because we're talking seconds that they can get in (Fox News, 2010).

Date: September 20, 2010Source: Fox News, Jane WinterTitle/Headline: 2 Shot, Gunman Killed At Texas Army Base

Abstract:A person opened fire at a convenience store on Fort Bliss, injuring two people before being killed by responding officers,the commander of the West Texas Army post said. Col. Joseph A. Simonelli Jr. declined to discuss the conditions of the victims or otherdetails of the shooting. Simonelli said the area was roped off for an FBI investigation, but the sprawling facility next to El Paso never wasunder lockdown. "Our law enforcement agents took it upon themselves to react immediately and aggressively, and I think that's themain reason why this didn't escalate further than it is right now," Simonelli said (Winter, 2010).

Date: September 21, 2010

Source: Fox News, Associated PressTitle/Headline:Authorities ID Fort Bliss Gunman As Retired Army Sergeant

Abstract: The FBI is investigating why a retired Army sergeant walked into a Fort Bliss convenience store and shot two employees, onefatally, before he was gunned down by responding officers, the agency. Authorities did not know whether gunman Steven Kropf, 63, of

El Paso, had any relationship with either victim, the FBI said in a Tuesday statement, which described the Monday shooting at theWest Texas Army post as an isolated incident. Bettina Maria Goins, 44, of El Paso was pronounced dead at a military hospital where shewas rushed immediately after the shooting, and another woman remained hospitalized with serious injuries, the FBI said. Both women werecivilian employees of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, which runs merchandise operations for the military, including fast-foodrestaurants and convenience stores. Post commander Col. Joseph Simonelli Jr. said officers responded to reports of the shooting inless than three minutes and killed the gunman. The post was not put on lockdown, but traffic was directed around the store where theshooting occurred, Simonelli said (Fox News, 2010).

Date:November 12, 2010Source: Raw Story, Stephen C. Webster

Title/Headline:Revealed: Texas Officials Covered Up Dangerously Radioactive Tap Water For Years

Abstract:Texas officials charged with protecting the environment and public health have for years made arbitrary subtractions tothe measured levels of radiation delivered by water utilities across the state, according to a series of investigative reports out ofHouston. Those subtractions, based on the test results' margin of error, made all the difference for the Texas Commission onEnvironmental Quality (TCEQ): without the reduction, demonstrated levels of dangerous radiation would have been in excess offederal limits for years. This was being done in direct contravention of an order by the US Environmental Protection Agency, which toldstate regulators in 2000 to stop subtracting the margin of error. The findings are part of an investigation by Houston CBS affiliate KHOU.Confronted by reporter Mark Greenblatt, TCEQ staffer Linda Brookins claimed that the radiation was "natural" and peopleshouldn't be concerned. She also refused to read on camera the EPA's order to stop subtracting margins of error from radiation testresults. KHOU called it "Texas math," in part two of its ongoing series. Thanks to the TCEQ's under-reporting of radioactive content, one

particular water provider in Harris County was able to skirt needed maintenance for years, even though uncensored tests showed radiationwas almost always above legal limits. Independent tests, the station noted, showed that some of the radiation contained harmful

alpha particles, which can cause cell mutations and increase the risk of cancer. The practice of under-reporting radiation continued

until last year, when the EPA once again demanded Texas comply with the law. "What was illegal and a bad idea yesterday is illegaland a bad idea today," TCEQ chairman Bryan W. Shaw told The Dallas Morning News. "We won't see any environmental benefits from

this. We'll just see the additional bureaucracy associated with permitting in this state and across the U.S." In an editorial, the

paper called Republicans' fight to protect industry over environmental regulations a "dangerous roll of the dice" when it comes to

federal dollars, noting that new regulations require the state to create a permitting authority to govern emissions, but it refuses.When the new rules take effect next year, the state's energy industry could effectively be brought to a standstill, with no new construction

being permitted. And now water standards, it would seem, may be the next major clash between Texas regulators and federal aut horities.

"Is this what [Governor] Rick Perry means when he talks about standing up to the feds?" The Texas Observer asked. This video ispart one of an investigative series by CBS affiliate KHOU, aired Nov. 9, 2010 (Webster, 2010).


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Date: December 24, 2010Source: CNNTitle/Headline:Two Injured In Texas Plant Explosion

Abstract: An explosion has injured two people at a plant in Crosby, Texas, police said Friday. All of the employees at the plant wereaccounted for after the blast, according to the Harris County Sheriff's Office. Hazardous materials teams were called in, but no evacuationswere required as a result of the explosion, sheriff's officials noted (CNN, 2010).

Conclusion:Outside of New York City, the state of Texas is terror central. Interestingly, Ron Paul, and Alex Jones come from thestate where the nuclear terror attack at the Super Bowl will likely occur. A coincidence? Not a chance.

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