Salt Lake Tribune | 2002-02-01 | Page 6

TheSalt Lake Tribune WAR ON TERRORISM A6 OTHER DEVELOPMENTS Groupgives kidnapped Teporter ‘one more day” A group claiming to hold kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl extended the deadline for killing him by one day in an email sent Thursday and warned his abduction is just the beginning. In Washington, Secretaryof State Colin Powell said “we are doing everything we can” to win Pearl's release but ruled out bending to demands made in previous e-mails for the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign. to deter- mine whether Thursday's “unsigned” email. received by Western and Pakistani media, ture bioterrorism attacks, the government Germany, with help from oper- atives in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates. But Mueller said Thursday shortly after Sept. 11 that much of the planning for the deadly jetliner assaults took place in most $11 million in grants this year to combatbioterrorism,federal officials said Thursday. Hoping to build up the nation’s public year-old Pearl on Jan. 23 in Karachi “We will give you one more day. If America will not meet our demands, we will kill Daniel,” the messagesaid. FBIDirector Robert Mueller only recently emerged. Utah could get al- health infrastructure so hospitals andlocal said Thursday that investigators believe the Sept. 11 terror attacks were planned in part by al-Qaida operatives in Malaysia, a predominantly Muslim nation Mueller and other U.S. officials have indicated since GANNETT NEWSSERVICE was actually sent by the kidnappers, who abducted the 38- FBI: Al-Qaida in Malaysia helped plan attacks whose connectionto the plot has ae Utah, States Have Dibs on$1.Biinjoteerer WASHINGTON It was impossible that some of the planning for Sept. 11 also occurred in Malay: sia. It was the clearest signal yet governmentswill be able to respondto fuannounced $1.1 billion in grants to states andcities Thursday. population-based formula determined how much each state got for planning purposes. man Services Secretary Tommy Thomp- son said. The grants can be used to upgrade hospitals, expand laboratories, bolster surveillance of disease symptoms and im- prove communications among federal, state and local health officials. “National, state and local health infrastructures must be prepared for such attacks,” Thompsonsaid. Eachstate got at least $5 million from rest will be doled out after HHS approves state plans — due between March 15 and April 15. Governors in each state were no- tified about the grants Thursday. Because of their size and potential vulnerability, the cities of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Washington, D.C., also got grants separate from the state awards. Washington and anthrax outbreaks up and and training, with extra moneybased on down the East Coast, the state will have to population relativeto the nation.A similar isnot wee to handle a majorcrisis. which Congress authorized after last year’s terrorist attacks on New York and Rumsfeld, Mueller Warn Of New Threats @ Continued from A-1 hijackingplot and thwart future since 1962, had been discovered Tribune newsservices come up with a comprehensive plan for dealing with bioterrorism, Health and Hu- Terrorism and public health experts are certain that more biological or chemical attacks will come in the future, and they are equally certain that the health system For Utah to get its share of the money, from a U.S. official that the Asian nation is emerging as a focus of efforts to unravel the attacks. Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and PreLegonin Atlanta for equipment, facilities specific plan to attack it had Mueller and Rumsfeld ech- been found. “If we had specific information aboutthe timing and place ofa particular attack,” Mueller said, “we would get that to the oed themes laid down by Presi- Instead, he said, attacks will be directed at the nation’s weaknesses — its vulnerable communications systems and and that the war in Afghanistan has not put a stop to the space satellites among them. Means of attack, he said, could include cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, and chemical and Bowl on Sunday in NewOr- threats. Rumsfeld said that no nation in the 21st century was likely to The United States, hesaid, cannotafford to sit back and leans andat the Winter Olym- oppose the United States with waitfor attack, but may have to authorities lightning quick.” Mueller focused onefforts by law enforcementagencies to preventterrorism at the Super on a computer file in Afghani- pics this month in Salt Lake stan City. —butthatno evidence ofa dent Bush in his State of the Union address Tuesday night — thatterrorists are plotting to do harm to the United States conventional armies or navies. That, he said, wouldbe futile. biological weapons. pre-emptthreats by destroying them before they can do harm. Officers Show Off Tools of the Oly Trade Robots, mobile forensics lab are amongsecurity devices equipment designed to keep Utah safe during the Olympics. communications equipment, TV moni- Thetraveling lab, one of only two in the country, is equipped with state-of robotic device designed to sniff out haz- the-art detection equipment that can BY KEVIN CANTERA speedily identify explosives. “In bombing cases, timeis of the essence. The quickerwecan get leads to in- ‘THE SALTLAKETRIBUNE bomb exploded in Atlanta's Centennial vestigators, the more fruitful their investigation will be,” said Ed Bender, an ATF Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, forensic chemist who processed clues in SOUTH JORDAN — When pipe forensic chemists had to carry samples to a crimelab more than five miles across the Atlanta bombing. “This lab wasn't available [in Atlanta]. If it was, we could have gonerightto the town for analysis. Ifa bombdetonates in Utah during the 2002 Winter Games,the crimelabwill roll scene and ID'd the explosive almost im- right upto the scene. gives us a leg up.” The FBI displayed its new mobile mediately,” Bender said. “This really Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) proudly exhibited their 2-week-old mobile forensics laboratory at the Salt Lake County command center — acquired days after Sept. 11 — which was used to control crime scenes at Florida and New York when anthrax was discovered. The bussized vehicle is filled with Equestrian Park on Thursday, part of a display of the high-tech security UHP Games Badge Among tors and a remote controlthat operates a ardous chemicals. Nearby, parked on the frozen ground, sat a sleek UH-60 Blackhawkhelicopter that will enforce a strict no-fly zone around the Olympic theater. Owned by the U.S. CustomsService, the chopperis equipped with infrared sensors and a front-mounted camera that can reada license plate from about2,000 feet, said pilot Brad Atkinson. “Customs is charged primarily with airspace security,” said Atkinson,a Tucson,Ariz., native. Other equipmentincluded a Salt Lake County sheriff's office SnoCat designed to move search and rescue teams into treacherousterrain; a Utah Department of Public Safety command vehicle, and BOER oy EEUU [e-mail] ° Security @ Continued from A-1 Utah Olympic Public Safety Commandleader Robert Flowers said he is anxious to hear An extra 1,000 badges were from agents who workthe Super madeas gifts, and some were sold to civilians as Olympic Bowl. “If there is something they memorabilia. can tell us, that we can quickly But that was before hijackers piloted three commercial implement, we will definitely take a lookatit,” he said. “This is a fluid plan. We will be making adjustments to the plan airliners into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon on Sept.11, putting the na- Uke County Equestian Patk where eaeand federal lw enforcement National Special Security Event following the Sept. 11 terrorat- tacks. The designation also means the FBIwill lead the investigation of any terrorist at- tack, and the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency respondsto help victims. Super Bowl, but heis expected and heavily-armed National Olympic venue. Coolers, containers, cameras and binoculars with lenses 6 inches or longer, noisemakers and other items have been banned from the football game. Like the Olympics, military Earl Morris of the Department “These have been in circulation for two years,” Morris This year’s Super Bowl at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans has been designated a “National Special Security Event.” Gates of Public Safety. “Thereality is that in today’s world, it probably wouldn't have happened.” On Thursday, undercoverin- said, adding that someone mighthave given a badge as a gift. “There are a lot of people who collect badges from open on game dayat noon. Dueto increased security, fans should arrive early. vestigators wenton the Internet and bought more than 900 blackmarketlaw enforcement badges. At least oneof them was an official UHP badge for the 2002 Win- throughoutthe country.” The UHP will wear the Olympics badges for about a month after the end of the Games,then switch backto the Fans will have to pass through metal detectors, be patted down and have their bags searched ter Olympics, said Tennessee FBI agent Doug Riggin. agency’s standard badges. “you could certainly get closer. It would give you more credibility,” Riggin said. But only credentialed troopers are allowed into Olympic venues, Morris said. At most venues, uncredentialed troopers will be stationed outside the fences. “It takes more than a badge to get through a secure area,” he said. “That's why we put this process in place.” Morris said he was not all that surprised to find that one of the UHP badges had surfaced in Thursday's bust. Manyof the represented more than 40 fed- eral, state and local agencies. Theyincluded shields from the Border Patrol, the Postal Police, the Drug Enforcement shields, he said, were sald to members of the Departmentof p and X-rayed. Security forces f A combined force of more than Drieay pondod # insured 2,000 will be involved with game-day security. Background checks PocketBlue, a software application that runs on handheld devices,witl be used by state police to run spot background checks. the Games, cheering on athletes from their countries. And Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to close the Olympics on Feb. 24. “The duration of these Games makes this probably the more than $300 million. In New Orleans, 3,000 federal, state, local and National Football League security personnelwill provide security, at a $6 million price tag. FBI Director Robert Mueller told reporters in Washington on Thursday that federal agents have moved “heaven and earth” to improve security for both events. “But we're still on a very high state of alert, and we will be for some time,” he said. [e-mail] No-drive zone Cars will not be allowed within 100 yards of the Superdome. No-fly zone EB) Eaters wi patra ne sy and enforce flight restrictions. ‘The Associated Press HEARING CENTERS HEARINGAIDS AT "[-800-508-HEAR noo aeAy sgh STATE#6 Ogden 395 ch Se. rom rien reAUIOTORE . ua Y leaders to attendatleast some of and four non-competition venues, at a cost to taxpayers of rooftops. MEIER & MEIER Moab paring for scores of foreign Olympic competition venues and SWATteamswill be on nearby 24Hr.Recorded lessage. by Harris Hearing be ‘Will beat any Utah. Security teams are also pre- An increased security force of up to 12,000 will patrol the 10 Eight-foot high fences and concrete barricades surround A Public Service Provided Truck Mounted Equipment ie Vecuumt end Brus FF the Dest poselte resus the campusof the University of were planning for the worst-case scenario, but Sept. ll eeene the Superdome. Building perimeters will be patrolled SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT TO enIN HEARING AIDS before purchasing nearingaft uncovapne nied toforknow hearing lose. How19avoidpaying $6,000 for your! MaidsTohave Cait Tot-Free 1-888-710-2537 to open the Winter Olympics on Feb. 8 at Rice-Eccles Stadium on largest security event ever in the U.S.,” Connolly said. “We Security around the dome Agency, military police, security police from Air Force One and police departments in at least 20 states. FBI spokesman Jon Stephens told The Associated Press that a Florida man with no known ties to terrorists is a suspect in the case but has not 85,000 spectators to Shedae Super Bowl, compared to more than 100,000 per dayat the 17-day link fences, bomb-sniffing dogs Guard troops on patrol, the Superdomewill look a lot like an Tightened Security at Superdome Whileofficials say the badge alone would not get someone into a secure Olympic venue, “no-fly zone” over the Superdome andcars will not be allowed within 100 yards of the stadium. But officials expect With metal detectors, chain- Public Safety, but others were sold to non-DPS employees. Besides the UHP badge, FBI and U.S. Secret Service shields were also purchased by undercover investigators in Tennessee and Florida. The badges — both real and counterfeit — fighter jets will also enforce a Games. It is unclear whether President Bush will attend the tion on high alert. “(The sale] was before heightened security,” said Col. Checkpoints police unit with the Utah Highway Patrol, ride through the Salt agencies showed a wide variety of security tools Thursday. throughout the Games.” The Super Bowl was named a Those Foundin Internet Bust Extra-Tightat BY MICHAELVIGH 02 Super Bowl THE SALT LAKETRIBUNE. When Olympic badges for the Utah Highway Patrol were issued two years ago, it was a kinder, gentler — some might even say more naive — nation. ‘AlHartmann/The Salt lake Tribune Utah State Troopers Jodi Dahl, cen eas members of a mounted A Great WayTo The Gateway =Traveling from the south, use 400 West tof 200 South to enter the Summer Games covered parking. =Traveling from the north, use 400 West to 50 North for surface parking, as well as for entrances to both Summer and Winter Games covered parking. @®Parkingis free the first hour, and free all day Sundays.