Government Needs More Workers With Technical Backgrounds

Former Homeland Security Council Chairman Frances Fragos Townsend says that the federal government faces challenges to attract and retain personnel who understand detection and attribution of weapons of mass destruction. Specifically, Townsend says the federal government should recruit personnel with backgrounds in intelligence and analysis of threats. (0:47)
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Biological Attacks Are A Growing Concern, Warns Former GOP Senator

Former Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) articulated the possible scenarios for a biological terrorist attack at a press conference Tuesday to introduce a new bill drafted by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. According to Talent, these scenarios could include strikes during large public gatherings and massive loss of life. (1:10)
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WMDs Ideal Deterrent For Poor People

Richard Bush, a Senior Fellow and Director for the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, discusses the North Korean point of view on the U.S being a threat and how Pyong Yang tries to deal with this threat. (0:28)
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Securing high containment labs essential for preventing terrorism

Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism chairman Bob Graham suggested improving protection for the high containment labs where pathogens are created by standardizing them (0:41).
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Terrorists could easily obtain biological weapon

Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism co-chair Jim Talent says that it would be easier for terrorists to obtain a biological weapon than a nuclear weapon, and that a biological weapon may prove to be more dangerous since it could be used more than once (0:29).
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