**September 9, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STRUCTURE:

Local, State, Federal Emergency Management Balance?:

Carafano, James Jay. \"Katrina One Year After: Congress\'s Unfinished
Agenda.\" Washington DC: Heritage Foundation, Web Memo No. 1199, August
22, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/wm1199.cfm]{.underline}](http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/wm1199.cfm)

\[Excerpts: \"When it came to trying to improve how the nation reacts to
catastrophes, however, many in Congress have fixated on the role of
Washington, assuming that more and bigger government and throwing more
money at the problem are the best solutions. That is the wrong way to
improve the national response\... Dealing with disasters is primarily
the responsibility of states and local communities. Empowering them by
building an effective national response and providing the right federal
resources to back them up when they are overwhelmed by catastrophic
disasters requires something more sensible than worrying what\'s being
done inside the Beltway. Here are three reasonable steps for Congress to
improve disaster response:

\* Reform the Grant Formulas\....

\* Create Regional Homeland Security Outreach Offices\....

\* Increase Coast Guard Modernization Funding\....\"\]

Regional Emergency Management:

Rhodes, Jill D. and James Jay Carafano. \"State and Regional Responses
to Disasters: Solving the 72-Hour Problem.\" Washington DC: Heritage
Foundation, Backgrounder No 1962, August 21 2006, 8 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/bg1962.cfm]{.underline}](http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandDefense/bg1962.cfm)

\[Abstract:

\* Emergency management follows a three-tiered (local, state, and

federal) approach. The federal government usually needs 72 hours to
marshal national resources to respond to an incident that has surpassed
a state\'s response capacity.

\* Thus successful regional emergency response to the 9/11 attack on the
Pentagon and the uncoordinated and unorganized response to Hurricane
Katrina strongly indicate that the United States needs a regional
emergency management system.

\* A regional response system should be developed through a bottom-up
rather than a top-down approach, placing the states and their experts at
the heart of the emergency management process. A top-down process would
likely replicate existing problems, marginalize the necessary state role
in emergency planning, and perpetuate an overall lack of situational
awareness about individual state needs.

\(2\) FEMA:

From \"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,\" September 5, 2006, Leno Opening
Monologue: \"And the film \'Crank\' was number two at the box office
this past weekend. It\'s about a hit man who\'s injected with a chemical
that will kill him if his heart rate drops below a certain level. He has
to constantly keep his adrenaline up to stay alive. Why are we wasting
this stuff on hitmen? Give it to the people at FEMA. That\'ll get them
off their ass.\"\]

\(3\) GLOBAL WARMING:

Tidwell, Mike and Ted Glick. \"Remembering and Learning From Katrina.\"
Truthout, September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/090806EA.shtml]{.underline}](http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/090806EA.shtml)

\[Excerpt: \"How\'s this for poetic justice? In future years, the White
House and all those federal agencies that acted so slowly after
Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans last August, leading to an unknown
amount of unnecessary death and suffering, will probably find their own
DC offices threatened by catastrophic flooding from monster storms. They
may be hunkering behind massive levees and fantastic floodgates, harried
by the annual threat of Katrina-scale hurricanes. Because one year after
the great catastrophe in Louisiana, this much is clear: it\'s coming to
many more US cities\.... Due to global warming, this is our future.\"

\[Note: This is an expansion of Tidwell\'s August 20, 2006 Washington
Post article \"We\'re All New Orleanians Now,\" noted previously in this
activity report. Tidwell is the Director of the US Climate Emergency
Council and Glick is the CEC Coordinator.\]

\(4\) HOMELAND SECURITY:

Department of Homeland Security. \"Fact Sheet: Protecting the Homeland
Post September 11.\" September 8, 2006, 7 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5821]{.underline}](http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5821)

Department of Homeland Security. \"Remarks by Secretary of Homeland
Security Michael Chertoff on September 11: Five Years Later.\"
Georgetown University, September 8, 2006, 10 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5822]{.underline}](http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5822)

\[Excerpt: \"\....there\'s one critical thing we have to recognize at
the threshold. We have to be focused on the most significant risks, and
we have to apply our resources in the most practical way possible to
prevent, protect against, and respond to manmade and natural
hazards\.... What are those things we ought to be most concerned about?
Well, it seems to me that our priority has to be focusing on those
possible terrorist events that pose the greatest potential consequences
to human life and to the continuity of our society. At the top of that
list is the threat of weapons of mass destruction\.... We also must
continue to guard against infiltration of this country by international
terrorists\.... we have to be mindful of\...the potential for home-grown
acts of terrorism\....\" Scan down to page 9 of 10 pages for mention of
FEMA and natural disasters.\]

Department of Homeland Security. \"Statement for the Record, Jay M.
Cohen, Under Secretary, Science and Technology Directorate, Before the
U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security,
Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology.\"
September 7, 2006, 4 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5820]{.underline}](http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5820)

\[Excerpt: \"The S&T Directorate\'s mission is to protect the homeland
by providing Federal, State, local, and Tribal officials with
state-of-the-art technology and resources. There are strategic
objectives to fulfill the Directorate\'s mission:

\* Develop and deploy state-of-the-art, high performance, affordable
systems to prevent, detect and mitigate the consequences of chemical,
biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) attacks

\* Develop equipment, protocols, and training procedures for response to
and recovery from CBRNE attacks

\* Enhance the technical capabilities of the Department\'s operational
elements and other Federal, State, local and tribal agencies to fulfill
their homeland security related missions

\* Develop methods and capabilities to test and assess threats and
vulnerabilities, and prevent technology surprise and anticipate emerging
threats

\* Develop technical standards and establish certified laboratories to
evaluate homeland security and emergency responder technologies, and
evaluate technologies for SAFETY Act protections

\* Support U.S. leadership in science and technology\....\"\]

\(5\) KATRINA:

Trancinski, Robert. \"The Unlearned Lesson Of Hurricane Katrina.\"
FOXNews, September 6, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,212263,00.html]{.underline}](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,212263,00.html)

\[Excerpt: \"\...the dominant theme of the anniversary coverage is what
is not being mentioned. Having reported the wrong story about the
flooding of New Orleans one year ago, the press is trying to protect its
distortion by excising from history the events that gave many Americans
their greatest shock.\"\]

\(6\) WAR ON TERROR:

Harrop, Froma. \"IslamicTerror\'s Endless \'Root Causes\'.\" Real Clear
Politics (blog), September 7, 2006. At:

<http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/09/islamic_terrors_endless_root_c.html>

Huntley, Steve. \"The Term \'Islamic Fascist\' May Not Be Popular, But
It\'s Accurate.\" Chicago Sun-Times, September 8, 2006. At:

[[http://www.suntimes.com/output/huntley/cst-edt-hunt08.html#]{.underline}](http://www.suntimes.com/output/huntley/cst-edt-hunt08.html)

Selbourne, David. \"Can the West Defeat the Islamist Threat? Here Are
Ten Reasons Why Not.\" London Times Online, 9 Sep 2006. At:

[[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2349195,00.html]{.underline}](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2349195,00.html)

Nunberg, Geoffrey. \"This Isn\'t Patriotism.\" Los Angeles Times,
September 9, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-nunberg9sep09,0,7585054.story?track=tottext>

\[Excerpt: \"Rhetorical gestures take on new meanings when their
connection to reality frays. Rebaptizing sauerkraut as \"liberty
cabbage\" during World War I was a hysterical overreaction to a real
enemy; rebaptizing french fries as \"freedom fries\" during the buildup
to the Iraq war was a bratty swipe at an ally with reservations about
the Iraq invasion, not to mention at the Roquefort-sniffing \"liberal
elite\" that shared them. You hear the same disconnect in the way people
use \"appeaser,\" \"defeatist,\" \"aid and comfort,\" \"America-haters\"
and the like. The terms are meant to conjure up the spectral targets of
patriotic bile in earlier eras - traitors, fifth columnists, subversives
and radicals who harbored alien allegiances. But it takes a febrile
imagination to see those shades in the Democrats whose subversion is
confined to doubting whether throwing more dog tags at Iraq will give
terrorists in London or Madrid second thoughts about mounting new
attacks.\"\]

PBS NewsHour. \"Author Dissects People, Politics Prior to 9/11
Attacks.\" Transcript of Jeffrey Brown Interview with Lawrence Wright,
author of \"The Looming Tower - al-Qaeda and Road to 9/11,\" 5 Sep 2006.
At:

[[http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec06/looming_09-05.html]{.underline}](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec06/looming_09-05.html)

Rumsfeld, Donald H. \"What Has 9/11 Terror Yielded?\" Salt Lake Tribune,
September 8, 2006. Accessed at:
[[http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4307707]{.underline}](http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4307707)

Salt Lake Tribune. \"Several Opinions Regarding Terrorism.\" September
8, 2006, 6 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4307710]{.underline}](http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_4307710)

\[Collection of editorials from other papers:

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Vengeance V. Victory), Chicago Tribune (The
Founding of Terroristan), Philadelphia Inquirer (The Rush To Err Again),
Seattle Times (\"Hold Bush to the Law in Terror-Suspect Cases), Kansas
City Star (Terrorist Suspects Should Be Tried, But Bush Plan Brings
Objections), Kansas City Star (Bush Must Make Necessary Moves to Turn
the Tide From Violence and Chaos to Stability and Security)\]

White House. \"Ask the White House: Fran Townsend, Assistant to the
President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Discussed The War
on Terror.\" September 8, 2006, 4 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060908.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060908.html)

\[Excerpt: \"Jay, from Capitol Hill, Washington, DC writes:

Fran - what advice to you have for a young person who wants to be
involved long-term in our efforts against Islamo-facists? I want to do
my part to fight the War on Terror, but am not sure what that is. Thanks
for any insight or advice you can offer. Jay

Fran Townsend

We are in the midst of a Long War against terrorism and the extremist
ideologies fueling it. To better prepare ourselves for this generational
struggle, we must create an expert community of counterterrorism
professionals. You can be a part of that community through education.
Many schools and universities offer multi-disciplinary studies in key
languages, area studies, and religious philosophies in addition to
curricula in homeland security and counterterrorism specifically. I
encourage you to pursue studies in these areas \-\-- you will become an
important counterterrorism resource for the future.\"\]

White House. \"Ask the White House: Juan Zarate, Deputy National
Security Advisor for Combating Terrorism.\" September 5, 2006, 8 pages.

At:
[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060905.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/20060905.html)

\[Excerpt: \"Paul, from Bethlehem, PA writes:

Dear Mr. Zarate, President Bush delivered a great speech today to the
Military Officers Association, but climaxed it at the end with a bizarre
comment that this is a war between \"moderation\" and \"extremism\". I
completely disagree. This is a war between Dark Ages militant Islam and
the Enlightenment principles, particularly: exclusive reliance on reason
and science, rule of law, inalienable individual rights, freedom, and
capitalism. I recently applauded President Bush\'s correction of the
enemy\'s identity from \"terrorism\" to \"Islamo-fascism\". Why did he
backslide to the ridiculous abstractions of \"moderation\" vs.
\"extremism\"?

Juan Zarate

Thanks, Paul. I agree this was a great speech in that the President
clearly articulated what the enemy is about, using their own words to
indict the violent Islamic extremists we now face. The President has
been clear, as seen as well in the just released National Strategy for
Combating Terrorism, that we are indeed facing violent Islamic radicals
\-- be they Shia or Sunni. But this is more than just a traditional
fight against individuals, it is an ideological battle in which the
violent extremists are attempting to dominate territory and the
theological battle space. Thus, when the President talks about the fight
between moderation and extremism, he is simply reiterating what we have
said all along. This is a long term, ideological battle, with some
similarities to the Cold War.\"\]

White House. \"In Their Own Words: What the Terrorists Believe, What
They Hope to Accomplish, and How They Intend to Accomplish It.\"
September 5, 2006, 4 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-7.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-7.html)

White House. 9/11 Five Years Later: Successes and Challenges. September
7, 2006, 23 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/waronterror/2006/]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/waronterror/2006/)

\[Excerpt from Introduction: \"We have serious challenges ahead,
including defeating the enemy, denying safehaven, combating the violent
extremist ideology, protecting the homeland, securing WMD, and building
partnership capacity. We must continue to strengthen and adapt our
strategy and capabilities over the long term. We remain committed to
identifying, pursuing, and eliminating the global scourge of terrorism
and violent extremism and attacking terrorists, their networks,
affiliates, and sources of support.\"\]

White House. \"Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with
Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks.\" September 5, 2006.

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-16.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-16.html)

White House. \"President\'s Radio Address\" (Transcript - on 9/11 and
War on Terror). September 9, 2006, 2 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060909.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060909.html)

White House. \"Press Gaggle by Tony Snow and Assistant to the President
for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Townsend.\" September
5, 2006, 14 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-1.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-1.html)

\[Excerpt of Tony Snow statement: \"There have been some in the
Democratic Party who have argued against the Patriot Act, against the
terror surveillance program, against Guantanamo. In other words, there
are some people who say that we shouldn\'t fight the war, we should not
detain \-- we shouldn\'t apprehend al Qaeda, we shouldn\'t detain al
Qaeda, we shouldn\'t question al Qaeda, and we shouldn\'t listen to al
Qaeda. In other words, they\'re all for winning the war on terror, but
they\'re all against \-- they\'re against providing the tools for
winning that war.\"

From Q&A with Fran Townsend: \"Q Along with the rise in the term
\"Islamic fascism,\" I noticed in the Salt Lake speech the President did
not use a term he\'d used many times before, that these terrorists had
hijacked a great religion, that that was missing. Given the two, can you
see where some folks might believe the administration is going after
Islam directly?

MS. TOWNSEND: You know, if people have got a concern about Islam being
sullied \-- frankly, a great religion being sullied, it\'s an anger that
ought to be directed at the terrorists. This is not an effort that we
focused on the great religion of Islam. This is really a fact of us
targeting those who would kill \-- murder innocent women and children
because they believe that they have an ideological objective that
justifies it, and we just fundamentally disagree.\"\]

\(7\) WAR ON TERROR \-- IRAQ:

Levin, Senator Carl (MI). \"Senate Floor Statement on the Senate
Intelligence Committee\'s Phase II Report.\" September 8, 2006, 7 pages.

At:
[[http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=262690]{.underline}](http://levin.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=262690)

Miller, Greg. \"Senate: Hussein Wasn\'t Allied With Al Qaeda \-- Iraq
rebuffed Bin Laden and wanted to capture Zarqawi\...\". Los Angeles
Times, September 9, 2006, 6 pages. Accessed At:

<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-intel9sep09,0,3511735.story?track=tottext>

Rockefeller, Senator Jay (WV). \"Rockefeller Says Partial Release of
Phase II Reports Paint Clearer Picture of Mistakes Made in Lead Up To
Iraq War.\" Press Release, September 8, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.senate.gov/\~rockefeller/news/2006/pr090806.html]{.underline}](http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/news/2006/pr090806.html)

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. \"Report on Postwar Findings
About Iraq\'s WMD Programs and Links to Terrorism and How They Compare
With Prewar Assessments, Together With Additional Views.\" September 8,
2006, 151 pages. Accessed at:
[[http://intelligence.senate.gov/]{.underline}](http://intelligence.senate.gov/)

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. \"Report on The Use By The

Intelligence Community Of Information Provided By The Iraqi National
Congress, Together With Additional Views.\" September 8, 2006, 211

pages. Accessed at:
[[http://intelligence.senate.gov/]{.underline}](http://intelligence.senate.gov/)

Weisman, Jonathan. \"Iraq\'s Alleged Al-Qaeda Ties Were Disputed Before
War - Links Were Cited to Justify U.S. Invasion, Report Says.\"
Washington Post, September 9, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090800777.html>

White House. \"Response from the Chief of Staff Josh Bolton to a
Democratic Letter.\" September 5, 2006, 2 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-9.html]{.underline}](http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060905-9.html)

\[Note: Letter to Senator Harry Reid on the war in Iraq, the \"central
front in the War on Terror,\" and on Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld.\]

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