Terrorism Introduction

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Terrorism Introduction
John T. Hoffman Director, Threat Mitigation
john.hoffman_at_ncmail.net
Meg Scott Phipps, Commissioner
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
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Terrorism Introduction
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services

• Terrorists are capable of employing chemical
  weapons and have employed biological weapons.
• Pre-incident intelligence is important, but may
  not prevent a terrorist attack.
• When an attack comes we must be prepared.
• To become prepared we must understand the threat
• assess both the threat and our own
  vulnerabilities
• threat scenarios provide focus
• analysis uncovers gaps and shortfalls
• Develop Plans and threat Reduction measures
• Increasing our preparedness means taking actions
  that eliminate the current gaps and shortfalls.
• The goal is to minimize loss of life, capability,
  and property

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General Threat Posture for NC
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Consumer Services
Low in general

• Direct Destructive Attack
• Fuel / Haz-Mat Storage
• Prominent facilities
• Large Gatherings
• Military
• Banking

• Bio Attack
• Facilities
• Food Chain
• Water Systems
• High risk Personnel
• Prominent Persons
• Media Personalities
• High Technology

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Groups That Threaten
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Consumer Services

• Lone individuals
• Identified groups
• Non-aligned groups
• State sponsored
• Transnational Organizations
• Doomsday cults
• Insurgents

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How They Operate
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Consumer Services

• Political/Ideologically driven
• Small Cells
• Leadership
• Planning
• Logistics
• Intel/recon
• Rehearsal/training
• execution
• May be very well financed
• Very Patient
• Seek visibility for a cause or to intimidate into
  action
• Focus on targets that yield maximum effect

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POSSIBLE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTIONB-NICE
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Consumer Services

• Biological
• Nuclear
• Incendiary
• Chemical
• Explosive

Terrorist may weaponize a conventional resource!
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Other Mass DestructionWeapons
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Consumer Services

• Infrastructure attacks
• CyberTerrorism and Information Warfare

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Potential Biological Agents
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Consumer Services
Alphavirus Q Fever Anthrax Ricin Botulism Small
pox Brucella Staphylococcal Enterotoxin
B Cholera Tularemia Plague Trichothecene
Mycotoxin (T2)
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Other Potential Animal Disease Threats

• Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD)
• Hog Cholera
• African Swine Fever
• West Nile
• Avian Influenza
• Hendra
• Nipah
• Ebola
• BSE (Emerging Zoonotic Diseases)

Foreign Animal Diseases Global Diseases
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Assessing Threats
Is A Given Threat Credible?

• Intent
• Capability
• Vulnerability

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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Is Our Food Chain Vulnerable?
What Do You Think?
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Is Our Water Vulnerable?
160,000 public water systems in the US. 54,000
community water systems serving 264 Million.
300 serve major metro areas. Almost 50
receive their water from very large
utilities. Yet most systems are small (99
serve lt 100,00)
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Is Our Water Vulnerable?

• Potential Vulnerabilities
• Physical Destruction
• Interdependencies
• Biological and Chemical Contamination
• Cyber Attack

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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Is North Carolina Water Vulnerable?
2374 Community Water Systems Serving 5,794,107
people 658 Non-Transient Non-Community Water
Systems Serving 193,761 people 4479 Transient
Non-Community Water Systems Serving 412,002
people
6955 Ground water systems Serving 1,942,355
people 556 Surface Water Systems Serving
4,457,515 people
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
CHEM/BIO-Security Considerations

• Employee Background Checks
• External Facility Monitoring
• Physical Security
• Language/Cultural Issues
• Immigrant Workers
• Employee Bio-Security Training
• Transportation Security
• ORM
• Terrorism Vulnerability Self Assessments

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How To Reduce Exposure to Terrorism
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Consumer Services

• Assess threat and vulnerabilities
• Implement Threat Reduction steps
• Develop Crisis Management Plan
• Develop Consequence Management Plan
• Train your team Exercise the plans

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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
Why go after the lions when there are plenty of
sheep.
PLO Terrorist Dr.George Habash
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Consumer Services
We will be the lions!
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• Ten Tasks
• Preserve the ability of the NC Agriculture
  Community to produce stable supplies of food,
  feed and forest products.
• Diagnose and investigate infectious animal and
  livestock disease, intentional plant pest
  introductions, unauthorized biological control
  agent releases, and environmental health problems
  and health hazards in the NC agriculture
  community.
• Provide the full resources of the North Carolina
  Department of Agriculture Consumer Services to
  support the State of North Carolina in any
  emergency situation.
• Reduce the vulnerability of the staff, vital
  assets, services and operations of the North
  Carolina Department of Agriculture Consumer
  Services.
• Reduce the vulnerability of the animal, and
  livestock, plant, crop, and other beneficial
  organism populations of the state from the effect
  of a multi-hazard event.

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• Ten Tasks continued
• Support the partners and customers of the North
  Carolina Department of Agriculture Consumer
  Services in reducing their vulnerability to and
  recovery from the effects of a multi-hazard
  event.
• Inform, educate and empower people about specific
  agricultural community issues pertaining to a
  threatened or actual Multi-Hazard emergency
  event.
• Enforce laws and regulations that protect public,
  animal, and livestock, plant, crop and other
  beneficial organism health and insure their
  general safety in case of a Multi-Hazard
  emergency.
• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality
  of departmental and community based agricultural
  services available to respond to a Multi-Hazard
  emergency.
• Develop and maintain policies and plans that
  support the agricultural community efforts in
  preparing for and responding to a Multi-Hazard
  emergency event.