- What if the "stunning" peak of radiation
were found at the Iranian Embassy instead of the Israeli one? Would
not an immediate raid be in order? Especially since we are worried about
a foreign nation with nuclear capacities and materials sneaking in such
to our country to create a "dirty bomb" scenario. Maybe one that
could be blamed on Iran, as Brezinski has warned.
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- THERE ARE TWO REAL STORIES HERE.
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- 1. THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM, AND SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED
NATIONWIDE INSTEAD OF BEING DOWNPLAYED AND SHORT FUNDED BY "HOMELAND
SECURITY". THIS IS THE PROPER USE OF OUR FUNDS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND
IT SHOULD BE WELL KNOWN AND WIDELY IMPLEMENTED. (WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT
TO USE ON THE TOWERS IN NYC IN 2001).
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- 2. THE ANOMALY AT THAT EMBASSY SHOULD BE ACTED UPON.
EVERY MAJOR NATION HAS AN EMBASSY IN NYC, SO, WHY SHOULD THIS ONE HAVE
A RADIATION PEAK? THIS IS KINDA DISTURBING!
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- Key excerpts from article:
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- "One alleged radiation hot spot on Manhattan's east
side has the potential for becoming a political hot spot: A strong radiation
spike from the area of the Israeli Embassy. Officials would not comment
on why they thought that particular area allegedly showed such a stunning
peak in radiation.
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- The aerial survey is designed to help local officials
react more quickly in the event of terrorists detonating a "dirty
bomb" that releases radioactive material into the air. With the survey,
police may be able to pinpoint the exact source of radiation by comparing
new readings to their pre-existing "radiation map" of the area."
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- From
- http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/22798.php
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- ISRAELI EMBASSY IN NYC A RADIATION HOT SPOT
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- Feds Surveyed NYC For Radiation - Found Tainted
Park, Embassy
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- WASHINGTON -- Anti-terrorism officials conducted a helicopter
survey of New York City's radiation sources in preparation for a so-called
"dirty bomb" attack - and discovered a Staten Island park with
dangerously high levels of radium, a new report found.
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- Federal authorities found 80 unexpected "hot spots"
around New York City, according to the Government Accountability Office,
the investigative arm of Congress.
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- The GAO report released Thursday details a previously
undisclosed aerial anti-terrorism program in New York City, one which may
be extended to other cities worried about the possible release of radioactive
material by terrorists.
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- The report does not identify which city park had the
contaminated soil, but NYPD officials said it was in Gateway National Park
in Staten Island. The site was closed, and New York has requested federal
money to do a citywide aerial survey every year to update the information.
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- By creating a map of the city's radiation sources, city
officials hope to be able to respond more quickly in the event of a dirty
bomb attack, know exactly which streets are contaminated and get civilians
away.
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- New York is the first and only U.S. city to conduct a
complete aerial radiological survey, having paid the U.S. Department of
Energy $800,000 for the 2005 study.
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- The helicopters picked up sources of low-level radiation
from expected places, like granite statues and medical isotopes at hospitals,
but it also found dozens of other sources of unexpected radioactivity,
the GAO report found.
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- "NYPD officials indicated that the survey was tremendously
valuable because it identified more than 80 locations with radiological
sources that required further investigation to determine their risk,"
the report said.
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- At the Staten Island park, sensors detected large quantities
of radium in the soil. Long-term exposure to radium increases the risk
of developing lymphoma, bone cancer and leukemia.
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- National Park Service spokesman Brian Feeney said the
area is a one-acre piece of the 570-acre Great Kills Park, which is part
of the larger Gateway park.
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- Feeney said experts assured them after the August 2005
study that the area posed no public health risk, and said visitors do not
go into that area anyway because of dense vegetation. He did not know if
any warnings had been placed around the site.
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- The radiation apparently comes from "some piece
of industrial equipment, pieces of old rusty metal. Whatever this equipment
used to do, it picked up radioactivity," he said.
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- "We keep people out of that area. It's a non-accessible
area of the park, no one can get in there," said Feeney. "There's
no health hazard now, there was never a health hazard to the public."
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- He said the agency has applied to the Department of Energy
for funding to further survey the site.
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- Staten Island's congressman, Rep. Vito Fossella, said
the contamination was a surprise to him and residents near the park, and
he demanded more information.
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- "It is essential for the government to act immediately
to fully understand the extent of the contamination," said Fossella,
who was trying to arrange a meeting Friday with federal and city officials
to discuss further testing and possible removal of the contaminated soil.
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- One alleged radiation hot spot on Manhattan's east side
has the potential for becoming a political hot spot: A strong radiation
spike from the area of the Israeli Embassy. Officials would not comment
on why they thought that particular area allegedly showed such a stunning
peak in radiation.
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- The aerial survey is designed to help local officials
react more quickly in the event of terrorists detonating a "dirty
bomb" that releases radioactive material into the air. With the survey,
police may be able to pinpoint the exact source of radiation by comparing
new readings to their pre-existing "radiation map" of the area.
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- NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said the department wanted
a record of the city's naturally occurring and other "radiological
signatures" to compare with periodic readings it does to detect for
dirty bombs or other nuclear devices.
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- "It gives us a baseline so we can pick up any anomalies,"
he said.
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- New York City is the only major city to conduct a full-scale
Aerial Background Radiation Survey to identify "hot spots," though
such work has been done in the nation's capitol, according to the report.
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- The GAO found neither the Department of Energy nor the
Department of Homeland Security believe they are required to conduct such
radiation mapping, though the investigators said there were "significant
benefits" to surveys in other urban areas.
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- Homeland Security officials agreed that they should study
the cost and effectiveness of expanded radiation mapping in additional
cities.
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- Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., called the report further
proof the federal government is not doing enough to help cities guard against
terrorism.
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- The hot spot mapping initiative "should also be
shared with cities across the country, not mothballed because the Homeland
Security Department doesn't want to put up the money," Schumer said.
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- The GAO report also found the Department of Energy may
need to beef up security at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada and Andrews
Air Force Base in Maryland because those sites hold key national assets
for responding to a radiological or nuclear attack.
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- Specialized quick-response teams and equipment are concentrated
at those two sites, and a successful attack against either could leave
one section of the country with limited capacity to respond to a subsequent
strike with radioactive weapons, the GAO said.
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- The agency's associate administrator, Michael C. Kane,
was adamant the sites are safe.
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- "We categorically reject the contention that physical
security at two of our facilities may not be sufficient for protecting
against terrorist attacks," Kane wrote.
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- http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/pastnews.php/2007/02/05/p14242
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- 02/05/07
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- 05:51:47 am, Categories:
- http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/pastnews.php?cat=27
- In Depth News, 82 words
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- The original source of the Embassy story is here:
- http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2006/10/22798.php
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- ISRAELI EMBASSY IN NYC A RADIATION HOT SPOT
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- One alleged radiation hot spot on Manhattan's east side
has the potential for becoming a political hot spot: A strong radiation
spike from the area of the Israeli Embassy. Officials would not comment
on why they thought that particular area allegedly showed such a stunning
peak in radiation. Has israel smuggled a dirty bomb into the US for a false
flag hoax? Is this how WWIII is going to start? -Iran being falsely blamed
for an israeli terror operation in New York?
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- Possibility Of A Hoaxed 'Israeli Embassy' Paragraph
...
Or Was The Original Story 'Cleaned Up'?
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- Here is the link to a nearly identical AP 'Hot Spot'
story from the New York NewsRadio88 site. The Israeli Embassy graph
and a number of others are missing. The story is shorter in length
than the Cleveland Indymedia version. This shows the NewsRadio88 version
was either a later, edited AP version or it was edited by NewsRadio88
staff or someone else. See for yourself:
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- http://www.newsradio88.com/pages/86759.php?contentType=4&contentId=209765
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- Here is a third 'Hot Spot' story from WABC in New York
which contains some exact text from the AP story and some rewritten
and added material...apparently done by WABC staff. No mention here of
the Israeli Embassy:
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- http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4586185
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- In sum, it is easy to add a graph to a news story. It
is also easy for a powerful influence to delete a graph when it doesn't
want attention drawn to it. It is also important to note that the
Cleveland Indymedia version has no AP attribution at the beginning.
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- So, was the Israeli Embassy found to be a radioactive
hot spot? You'll have to decide, pending further information. - ed
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