[Infowarrior] - Fortress DC: New Capitol lockdown plan in works

[Richard Forno]

Note how "blended" attacks are in vogue again, and how "cyber" apparently has become conceptually conflated in passing with the (FBI-supervised) lone wolf from the other day.  *facepalm*  But politicians need to panic; it's their substitute for acheivement.   -- rick


Fortress DC: New Capitol lockdown plan in works

http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/washington-secrets/2012/02/fortress-dc-new-capitol-lockdown-plan-works/300171
 
A new and sweeping security project to lock down gateways to the U.S. 
Capitol is being planned, aimed at targeting gang assaults and lone wolf
 attackers like the alleged al Qaeda suicide bomber FBI agents seized 
earlier this month.

Architect  of the Capitol Stephen Ayers told Washington Secrets that the plan is 
to spend $7.8 million to secure House and Senate garages “very quickly” 
should an attacker try bust in. “It’s the ability to kind of secure our 
garages from entry in a very fast manner,” he said after briefly 
describing the funding request to a congressional committee.

Ayers said the targets are “car bombs or groups of people or whatever the threat may be.”

The FBI last week arrested a Morrocan man in his 30s who they claim was on a
 suicide mission to blow up the Capitol. The FBI, who had the man under 
surveillance for months, said the suspect thought the undercover agents 
he was working with were associates of al Qaeda.

While  Ayers said that the threat of a suicide bomber or terrorist gang attack
 is not new, officials are warning lawmakers and Capitol security 
against a developing type of assault called a “blended attack.” He said 
that those combine a physical attack against a target along with a 
cyber-attack against the same or different targets. He raised that issue
 during congressional testimony to justify a Capitol electrical upgrade 
and backup computer facility.


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