Ex-CIA head John Deutch and two NatSecs write in November Foreign Affairs on "Catastrophic Terrorism: Tackling the New Danger:" http://jya.com/ct-tnd.htm (36K) They propose three new orgs to prevent and respond to terrorist use of WMD on a large scale: 1. National Terrorism Intelligence Center (Mil/Intel/LEA) 2. National Information Assurance Institute (Gov/Corp/Tank) 3. Catastrophic Terrorism Response Offices (Intel/Plan/Train/Task/Direct) Paralleling Senator Kyl and others, the proposals are based on the increased domestic use of the military while proclaiming civil liberties will be protected. And though there is considerable detail about how the military, intelligence agencies and law enforcement will work together - US and foreign - and the vast purchases of sevices and equipment that will be needed, there's next to nothing about how civil liberties will be protected. Reference is made to America's marshalling its patriotism and technology to win the Cold War, and the wondrous inventions developed to do that. Again, though, no mention is made of the price of military industrialism, which is to be expected of our finest catastrophe-obessessed minds unable to imagine a world without endless national security threats to grow their pork.