“The current vulnerability of our critical infrastructures can both invite and reward attack if not corrected. Correction is feasible and well within the nation’s means and resources to accomplish.”[Emphasis Added.] ~ Congressional EMP Commission Executive Report, 2004 Read Full Story
“Regardless of the argument over who is most responsible for the riots, state and municipal authorities must resolve to bring peace back to their streets, with the assistance of the National Guard as warranted.” ~ National Review Editors in “First, Restore Order” Read Full Story
“I appreciate the urging that we not let our guard down … recognizing that this [threat] is complicated and multifaceted … truly daunting … and that we need to start out locally … It is important that we in congress be reminded of the urgency and imperative of our task and I think we were given that message this morning. ” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK),Chairlady of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee at the conclusion of the May 4, 2017 Hearing on EMP and policy options to protect the grid. Read Full Story
“It is much easier after the event to sort the relevant from the irrelevant signals. After the event, of course, a signal is always crystal clear; we can now see what disaster it was signaling, since the disaster has occurred. But before the event it is obscure and pregnant with conflicting meanings… It is only human to want some unique and univocal signal, to want a guarantee from intelligence… We have to accept the fact of uncertainty and learn to live with it. No magic, in code or otherwise, will provide certainty. Our plans must work without it.” ~Roberta Wohlstetter, Policy Analyst and Historian in Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision, 1962 Read Full Story
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there . . . When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” Yogi Berra Read Full Story
To follow is the National Review Online Article prepared by R. James Woolsey, William R. Graham, Henry F. Cooper, Fritz Ermarth & Peter Vincent Pry. Read Full Story
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