United States Preparedness to Respond to a Mumbai-Style Attack Within the Homeland

<p>American homeland defenders are quick to criticize the Government of India's (GoI) counterterrorism techniques or lack thereof in response to the attacks in Mumbai last November. But there are two major gaps in the areas of 1) Federal authority and 2) State and Local authority if the whole of U.S. Government was required to counter a Mumbai-style assault in the United States. This study will outline the Mumbai attacks examine a homeland defense simulation mandated by the National Security Council (NSC) to amplify these gaps and recount recent success stories demonstrating what departments and agencies are doing to remedy these two deficiencies.--Abstract from web site.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p><br>