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Pentagon misled Congress about Peterson security
 The Pentagon misled Congress about security issues at Peterson Air Force Base, vastly understating the threat an attack would pose to NORAD, before the nation's air and space defense command moved there in May from Cheyenne Mountain, a classified document suggests. Military leaders reported to Congress on March 3 that a Systems Effectiveness Assessment of Peterson's Building 2, where the nation's homeland security nerve center is located, identified 'several physical security problems.' The assessment actually was more pointed and pessimistic, saying that 'the existing security system at Peterson AFB supporting Building 2 would fail if attacked by even a low-level threat.' Building 2 is right next to the northern fence. You can literally hit it with a rock. He was especially troubled by the failure to assess risk associated with the NORAD command center being next to an airport. 'There's going to be lots of air traffic and that's going to make it difficult to identify whether there's hostile aircraft until the last minute, if at all,' he said. 'You won't know it's intention until it's too late.' Rest at link. Pretty damning about our security there. Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-17 |
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