Bio Terror ‘Next Threat’ For US

SKY NEWS
Friday, October 31, 2008

Nuclear and biological terrorism is the emerging threat the next US President should focus on, the US security chief has told Sky News.

In an exclusive interview, homeland security secretary Michael Chertoff said sources of radioactive and biological materials must be properly secured “at all costs”.

He warned terrorists are actively seeking to acquire such materials.

Mr Chertoff said he did not think a weapon of mass destruction, like a biological or nuclear bomb, was a danger that could be just months away.

But he warned: “It may be years away and we can’t afford to waste this time waiting for that event to happen.

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“We’ve got to stay ahead of the issue of weapons of mass destruction, if not for our own benefit, then for the benefit of our children.”

His comments echo those of the British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who told Sky News last year that intelligence suggested terrorists were trying to get their hands on materials and know how to make a dirty bomb.

Last November, the security services in Slovakia arrested three men attempting to sell enriched uranium on the black market.

Mr Chertoff said it must be a priority to secure sites in rogue countries where dangerous materials may get into the wrong hands.

He said: “It is also important to secure our own radioactive material.

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