Terrorism

National experts discuss imminent, existential threat and need for urgent action

National experts discuss imminent, existential threat and need for urgent action
(securefreedom.org)

At a National Press Club conference on Wednesday, the issue of ISIS and America’s weakness was presented as a clear and present danger to America’s electric grid that could inflict existential damage upon this country by attacking its vulnerable electric grid, presenting a dire situation never seen before in American history.

The Center for Security Policy sent out the press conference notice through email communications to the media stating that the Secure the Grid Coalition convened an expert panel to examine the danger, the possibility that the Islamic State, either directly or through proxies like the Knights Templar drug cartel, or other enemies of the United States could in-fact inflict existential damage upon this country by attacking its vulnerable electric grid.

The Secure the Grid Coalition is an ad hoc group of policy, energy, and national security experts, legislators, scientists, engineers, and industry insiders working to raise awareness about the grid’s vulnerability and to ensure its resiliency against all hazards.

The panel discussion took place at the National Press Club and was moderated by Center for Security Policy President and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting) Frank Gaffney, Jr.

The national security panelists consisted of Michael Maloof, former senior security policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with nearly 30 years of federal service in the U.S. Defense Department, a specialized trainer for border guards and Special Forces, and author of A Nation Forsaken; Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a former career CIA analyst, a member of the staff of the congressionally mandated Electromagnetic Pulse Threat (EMP) Commission, Executive Director of the Congressional Task Force on National and Homeland Security and author of “Apocalypse Unknown”.

Another attendee was Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, PhD, a mechanical engineer who formerly served as the Director of the Strategic Defense Initiative and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development, and Logistics. In those capacities, Cooper oversaw steps taken by the Defense Department to ensure the resiliency of critical weapon systems against EMP effects.

Also in attendance was Kelly Carlson, an accomplished Hollywood actor who has been active on national and maritime security issues and serves as member of the Secure the Grid Coalition. Carlson is a licensed security professional trained in critical facility protection including nuclear and biological facilities.

At the conference, Michael Maloof gave an overview of several vulnerabilities including the al Qaeda presence in Latin America and the U.S. and their working relationship with cartels and gangs like MS 13, which gives them proxy capabilities to carry out attacks in the US. This capability juxtaposed to the recent physical attack on the Metcalf substation and recent chatter picked up of ISIS intentions to penetrate the southern border constitutes an established strike capability.

Continue reading and watch the conference video here…

CLC

Fmr. Sgt, USAF Intelligence, NSA/DOD; Studied Cryptology at Community College of the Air Force

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