[Vision2020] Local Chicken Houses Vulnerable To Terror Threat

[Tom Hansen]

Just when you thought you heard/read it all -

>From NBC4 (DC, Maryland, Virginia) at:

http://www.nbc4.com/news/13928165/detail.html?rss=dc&psp=news

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Officials: Local Chicken Houses Vulnerable To Terror Threat
New Rule Would Require Security Steps At Chicken Houses

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the nation's
chicken houses could be added to the list of potential terrorism targets.

Under the department's chemical security standards, facilities with more
than 1,785 gallons of propane gas could be considered high-risk. Nearly
every poultry grower on the Delmarva peninsula would be affected beacause
most chicken houses use propane for heat.

If designated a security risk, chicken house owners would be required to
complete vulnerability assessments and develop site security plans. 

Senators Mikulski and Cardin from Maryland and Carper from Delaware have
sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff calling the
possible crackdown on chicken houses a waste of government time and money.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."

- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)