♦ A report released last November has begun to attract attention inside the Washington Beltway. Key Response Planning factors for the Aftermath of Nuclear Terrorism
wasproduced by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the
National Nuclear Security Administration. It envisions what would happen
if terrorists set off a nuclear bomb just blocks away from the White
House. "For the fictional attack the U.S. government studied, the blast
zone would extend just past the south lawn of the White House and as far
east as the FBI headquarters," the Washington Post reports,
noting that the scenario would result in approximately 45,000 deaths
and 323,000 injuries, including the car drivers up to 12 miles away who
would be temporarily blinded by the bomb flash.
♦ Brian Wilhelm, a former student in the counterterrorism program of the International Development Center, is suing the for-profit school, claiming that it is '"'preying on the hopes and dreams of vulnerable students' by lying about post-graduation job prospects, leaving graduates jobless and unable to pay off student loans. Wilhelm was seeking the school's Homeland Security and Investigation Fast-Track Diploma. "Many ICDC Homeland Security Program graduates will never be offered work in the United States Homeland Security Department or otherwise be in a position to profit from their enrollment in ICDC's Homeland Security Programs. And they will be forced to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in school loans that are nearly impossible to discharge, even in bankruptcy," the complaint alleges.
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♦ Brian Wilhelm, a former student in the counterterrorism program of the International Development Center, is suing the for-profit school, claiming that it is '"'preying on the hopes and dreams of vulnerable students' by lying about post-graduation job prospects, leaving graduates jobless and unable to pay off student loans. Wilhelm was seeking the school's Homeland Security and Investigation Fast-Track Diploma. "Many ICDC Homeland Security Program graduates will never be offered work in the United States Homeland Security Department or otherwise be in a position to profit from their enrollment in ICDC's Homeland Security Programs. And they will be forced to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in school loans that are nearly impossible to discharge, even in bankruptcy," the complaint alleges.
http://www.securitymanagement.com/
