[CIMC-work] Any coverage of Operation Topoff planned (next week in Chicago and Seattle?)

[Chris Kaihatsu]

Elizabeth, all,

Yeah, I'd be interested in discussing how to approach this issue. I'm
wondering if my "man-in-the-street" approach to reporting is suitable for
this event. From a political standpoint the story is already there (which
you included, below) -- "Homeland Security" bullshit -- 'nuff said.

Would there be more stories here? Any investigative reporting required? An
anti-spin story, maybe? Considering SARS/Beijing and healthy skepticism of
FEMA's intentions here, it's worth getting the word out. See this link:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/archives_fema.html


Chris






on 5/9/03 1:16 PM, Elizabeth Fraser at ehf@bookbeast.com wrote:

> 
> There are about two posts on Chicago Indy on this and two on Seattle
> (one there looks like part of an official blurb). Is this on the radar?
> Any thoughts on what kind of coverage it could/should get?
> Elizabeth Fraser
> ehf@bookbeast.com
> 
> 
> chicago sun times
> http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-test07.html
> 
> Mock biological terrorism attack to test Chicago's ability to respond
> 
> May 7, 2003
> 
> BY ANNIE SWEENEY Staff Reporter
> Members of Chicago's emergency community will hold perhaps its largest
> fire drill ever next week when a fake international terrorist group
> unleashes a fake biological attack on the city and surrounding areas....
> 
> washingtonpost.com
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A13847-2003May4
> 
> Huge Homeland Security Drill Planned
> 'Dirty Bomb' in Seattle, Disease in Chicago Part of Scenario for May 12
> Exercise 
> By Edward Walsh and John Mintz
> Washington Post Staff Writers
> Monday, May 5, 2003; Page A09
> This is the scenario: At noon in Seattle, a hidden bomb explodes south
> of the central business district, causing more than 100 casualties.
> Significant levels of radiation are detected near the site of the
> explosion and it soon becomes apparent to local officials that this was
> no ordinary bomb, but a radiological dispersal device, commonly known as
> a "dirty bomb."
> //
> The next day and some 2,000 miles to the east, people complaining of
> flu-like symptoms begin to trickle into hospitals in the Chicago area.
> Over the next 24 hours, the number of arriving patients escalates
> dramatically. Local officials diagnose the cause of the illness and ask
> the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta to confirm
> their worst fear -- a deadly, biological agent has been released near
> Chicago.
> 
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