DATE=2/4/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-245111
TITLE=TERRORIST THREATS (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=DAVID DYAR
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS AMERICAN
EMBASSIES ARE STILL IN DANGER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, DESPITE
SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO INCREASE THEIR SECURITY. CORRESPONDENT
DAVID DYAR REPORTS MS. ALBRIGHT REVIEWED THE SECURITY PROGRAM
DURING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U-S CONGRESS.
TEXT: MS. ALBRIGHT DETAILED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE U-S EMBASSY
SECURITY FOLLOWING BOMBINGS THAT KILLED 250 PEOPLE LAST YEAR IN
AFRICA. BUT SHE SAID THERE ARE LIMITS TO HOW SECURE EMBASSIES
CAN BE MADE.
/// ALBRIGHT CUT ///
CERTAINLY NO SINGLE ARREST OR SHUTDOWN OF A TERRORIST
OPERATION WILL BE SUFFICIENT. THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY
HAS GIVEN US NEW MEANS TO COUNTER TERRORISTS, BUT IT HAS
ALSO ENABLED TERRORISTS TO DEVELOP MORE POWERFUL
WEAPONS.
/// END CUT ///
THE HEAD OF THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET
RENO, VOICED HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF TRYING TO STOP
TERRORISTS.
/// RENO CUT ///
WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THEM ALL.
THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE
PREPARED.
/// END CUT ///
THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING A FIVE-YEAR
COUNTER-TERRORISM PROGRAM. IT HAS ASKED CONGRESS FOR 300-MILLION
DOLLARS NEXT YEAR FOR EMBASSY SECURITY.
REPUBLICAN SENATOR JUDD GREGG IS HANDLING THAT REQUEST IN THE
SENATE. HE SAYS THE REQUEST IS NOT ENOUGH, AND THE WHITE HOUSE
SHOULD BE SEEKING AT LEAST ONE-BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SECURITY
PROGRAM. HE CRITICIZED THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT
SEEKING MORE MONEY.
/// GREGG CUT ///
WE (IN THE CONGRESS) ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH
THE MONEY, EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT WILLING TO
COME UP WITH THE MONEY. AND THAT IS, TO ME, AGAIN,
PLAYING GAMES WITH THE ISSUE OF TERRORISM FOR POLITICAL
PURPOSES, AND IT IS WRONG.
/// END CUT ///
BUT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ERNEST HOLLINGS SAID ONE-BILLION DOLLARS A
YEAR FOR EMBASSY SECURITY APPEARS TO BE TOO MUCH.
/// HOLLINGS CUT ///
I AM NOT SANGUINE ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO
REALLY GET A PROOF POSITIVE PROTECTION AGAINST
TERRORISM. IF WE LOOK AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND
EVERYTHING ELSE OF THAT KIND, YOU CANNOT BARRIER ALL THE
BUILDINGS.
/// END CUT ///
SECRETARY ALBRIGHT SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO ASK FOR
MORE MONEY FOR THE EMBASSY SECURITY PROGRAM LATER IN THE YEAR,
AFTER MORE STUDIES ARE COMPLETED. (SIGNED)
NEB/DWD/RAE
04-Feb-99 2:31 PM EST (1931 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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