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Villaraigosa Briefed On City's Terrorism Preparedness Two days before taking office, Mayor-elect Antonio Villaraigosa received a two-hour briefing Wednesday from police officials on the city's preparedness to withstand a terrorism attack. Villaraigosa met with Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton and other LAPD counter-terrorism experts, and he came out of the session expressing confidence the city was well-prepared. "They gave me great comfort in knowing that we are on top of the situation here in Los Angeles," Villaraigosa said outside LAPD's Parker Center headquarters. Bratton told reporters the city has been proactive on terrorism issues, recognizing that Los Angeles could be viewed as a prime target because of its size. "He (Villaraigosa) used the comment, in terms of the presentation, that it was sobering -- sobering in the sense of the threats that are very real," Bratton said. "But also as he has just referenced, I think he has confidence, as I do, that Los Angeles is as prepared as any American city, maybe more so because we have been prioritizing, have been focusing energy, resources and personnel on this issue." Bratton cautioned, however, that more resources could be needed in the future to keep the city safe. John Miller, the LAPD's counter-terrorism chief, said trying to prevent an attack is a daunting task because it is hard to prepare for all possible scenarios. "We see many different types (of terrorist activity)," Miller said. "We see the potential for a dirty bomb that was interdicted in London; the potential for a major chemical attack that was stopped in Jordan; the successful attack against trains in Madrid. There is no one model, and there is no one priority." -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
