But lawmakers, police and businesses are beginning to turn their attention to those with sinister motives. Criminals, they fear, could either take advantage of the enormous attention being focused on fixing the Y2K problem or capitalize on Y2K chaos in January. Police departments across Kansas and Missouri, along with the Mid-America Regional Council, are planning for problems. Some counties are conducting elaborate response drills that include terrorist scenarios. Bennett and John Koskinen, chairman of the President's Year 2000 Conversion Council, both have said the time for crisis management is now, and agencies are beginning to respond.
Big business is also alert.
We live in a crazy world. Agencies and businesses are hesitant to outline their specific plans for fear of tipping off criminals. Nationally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is assessing the threat of domestic terrorism on or around Jan. 1, 2000. Not everyone is convinced Y2K will ignite a wave of terror. Bennett concedes he has no information that any terrorist group is planning an attack on the United States.