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On Mar 1, 11:14 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > http://newsmax.com/Headline/hayden-alqaida-nuclear-bomb/2010/02/28/id... > > *Hayden: Al-Qaida Would Use Nuclear Device* > > Sunday, 28 Feb 2010 06:25 PM > > Article Font Size > [image:http://newsmax.com/App_Themes/NewsmaxVideo/Images/plus.jpg] > [image:http://newsmax.com/App_Themes/NewsmaxVideo/Images/minus.jpg] > > *By: Jim Meyers* > > Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said the agency has taken it as “a matter > of faith” that if al-Qaida obtained a nuclear weapon, they wouldn’t hesitate > to use it against the United States. > > “If they had the ability, they would do it,” he told Newsmax.TV in an > exclusive interview. > > *Editor's Note: See the Newsmax.TV interview with Gen. Michael Hayden below* > > “Now as a practical matter, if you’re asking me in my professional persona, > it’s weapons of mass destruction they’re after. It’s probably easier for > them to work with chemical or biological weapons than with a nuclear device. > > “And if they work with a nuclear device, our judgment was that it would more > likely be a dispersal device, where you’re just throwing radiation into the > atmosphere, rather than the actual nuclear detonation. But we took it as an > article of faith that if they could they would, and they wouldn’t hesitate.” > > Hayden echoed the concerns of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, who told > Newsmax’s Ronald Kessler in May 2007 that al-Qaida’s paramount goal is to > detonate a nuclear device that would kill hundreds of thousands of > Americans. > > Muller said New York City and Washington, D.C. were prime targets for a > terrorist detonation. The FBI director said that the nuclear threat is so > real, he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night worrying about that > possibility. > > image002.jpg > < 1KViewDownload > > image001.jpg > < 1KViewDownload -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
