WMD Commission E-Update, September 9, 2009
Yesterday, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., introduced legislation to prevent and prepare for terrorist attacks from biological weapons and other weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This legislation directly builds on the recommendations in World at Risk, released in December 2008 by the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism, headed by former Senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent.
Click on links below for additional background on the legislation, new Commission publications and recent news coverage.
WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2009
Press release from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Statement from Senators Graham and Talent
New Commission Issue Brief
“WMD Commission to Focus on Advocacy, Will Focus on biosecurity issues,” by Senator Graham and Senator Talent, September 7, 2009
News Coverage
“Senators Sound Alarm on Threat of WMD,” J. Taylor Rushing, The Hill, September 8, 2009
“WMD Bill Would Mandate Tiered Security for Labs, Based on Risk,” Mickey McCarter, Homeland Security Today, September 9, 2009
“Senate bill would strengthen security against biological attacks.” CNN, September 8, 2009
“Legislation to Implement Recommendations of WMD Commission Forthcoming,” Mickey McCarter, Homeland Security Today, August 26, 2009.
Publications
Read the Report
WORLD AT RISK: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
