Report : The United States remains "dangerously vulnerable" to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks

WASHINGTON - The United States remains "dangerously vulnerable" to chemical, biological and nuclear attacks seven years after 9/11, a forthcoming independent study concludes. And a House Democrats' report says the Bush administration has missed one opportunity after another to improve the nation's security.

The recent political rupture between Russia and the U.S. only makes matters worse, said Lee Hamilton, the former Indiana Democratic congressman who helped lead the 9/11 Commission and now chairs the independent group's latest study - according to the report produced by the bipartisan Partnership for a Secure America.

There is no Clinton to blame for this. What is the problem? This is grade school stuff. I don't want to hear about lack of funds, either.

"The threat of a new, major terrorist attack on the United States is still very real," concludes the report to be released Wednesday, the same day a congressional commission will hold a hearing in New York on nuclear and biological terrorism threats.

"A nuclear, chemical or biological weapon in the hands of terrorists remains the single greatest threat to our nation. While progress has been made in securing these weapons and materials, we are still dangerously vulnerable," the report said.

Okay, Mr. Obama? Get it, yet? Or maybe you want to call the Cleveland PD to investigate later and prosecute those whom we CAN catch after they have been Mirandized? The lack of a sense of urgency on this from both sides is beginning to remind me of the actual actions taken, and obfuscated since 1973 over importing oil, and energy independence. If the system cannot act on critical items, the system will be killed. Law of nature. SO WAKE UP, MORONS.

The independent report focuses narrowly on weapons of mass destruction.

The report and supporting studies describe the failure of international cooperation to prevent terrorists from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, which they call a major problem. Many countries continue to ignore a United Nations mandate to prevent the spread of weapons; the ability of many countries to monitor potential bioterrorism is "essentially nonexistent," and dangerous chemical weapons stockpiles remain in some countries, including Russia and Libya, the report said.