Operation
Liberty Shield Fact Sheet
The Department of Homeland Security in consultation with
the Homeland Security Council, has made the decision to raise
the national threat level from an Elevated to High risk of
terrorist attack or Level Orange. The Intelligence Community
believes that terrorists will attempt multiple attacks against
U.S.and Coalition targets worldwide in the event of a U.S led
military campaign against Saddam Hussein. A large volume of
reporting across a range of sources, some of which are highly
reliable, indicates that Al-Qaida probably would attempt to
launch terrorist attacks against U.S.interests claiming they
were defending Muslims or the Iraqi people rather than Saddam
Husseins regime.
While the March 1 arrest of senior Al Qaida operative,
Khalid Shaykh Muhammad (KSM) has put the Al-Qaida senior
leadership on the defensive and will be debilitating in the
long term — the Intelligence Community believes that KSMs
capture will not necessarily affect operations that are ready
or nearly ready for execution. There are many recent
indications that Al-Qaidas planning includes the use of
chemical, biological, and/or radiological materials.
Intelligence reporting also indicates that while Al-Qaida
and those sympathetic to their cause are a principal threat,
Iraqi state agents, Iraqi surrogate groups, other regional
extremist organizations, and ad hoc groups or disgruntled
individuals not connected to existing organizations or state
agencies, may use this time period to conduct terrorist
attacks against the U.S., or our interests abroad.
In recent months, there have been reports of suspicious
activity in and around military facilities, ports, waterways,
general infrastructure (bridges, dams, power generating
facilities), and targets that are considered symbolic to
U.S.power and influence. The discovery of ricin production in
Londonraises the concern of the Intelligence Community that
extremists are planning to follow through on longstanding
threats of poison plots against U.S, British and Israeli
interests and possibly other targets in Europe.
The Department of Homeland Security, in conjunction with
numerous departments of the federal government has begun
implementing increased protective measures under a
comprehensive national plan to protect the Homeland: Operation
Liberty Shield.
Operation Liberty Shield will increase security at our
borders, strengthen transportation sector protections, enhance
security at our critical infrastructure, increase public
health preparedness and make sure all federal response assets
can be deployed quickly.
Tonight, I have spoken to the nations Governors and asked
them to deploy the National Guard or additional police forces
to improve security at critical locations throughout their
states. Other state, local and private sector leaders are also
being contacted to engage their support to increase the
nations security.
These heightened security measures will help deter
terrorism and increase protection of Americaand Americans. In
the meantime, as on the other occasions when the national
threat level has been increased, we encourage members of the
public to continue their daily work, family and leisure
activities with a heightened awareness.
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