In 1998, Osama Bin Laden told an ABC News interviewer, “If I seek to acquire (chemical and nuclear) weapons, this is a religious duty. How we use them is up to us.” More recently, the 9/11 Commission described the detonation of a radiological dispersal device, or “dirty bomb,” as among the most likely terrorism scenarios. And so the question arises: How prepared is the United States to deal with the aftermath of such a horrific event?
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