“Maine Legislation on Power Grid Protection from Manmade and Natural EMP.” Maine State Representative Andrea Boland. InfraGard National EMP SIG Sessions of the Dupont Summit, December 6, 2013. Published by the Center for Security Policy. (Time: 54:12) About InfraGard: InfraGard is a partnership between the FBI and the private sector. It is an association…
Arizona Rep. Trent Franks, R-Glendale, has failed to get support before for his Shield Act to protect the nation’s power grid from electromagnetic pulse attacks. But new doomsday docudramas could jumpstart the bill. Cronkite News reporter Shayne Dwyer has the story. Video Story By Shayne Dwyer. Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 (Time: 1:33) Rep. Trent Franks…
Dr. Peter Vincent Pry speaks at the American Center for Democracy. He discussed steps that can be taken to protect the electric grid from solar or nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) events. For a large collection of congressional documents and federal studies on electric grid security and the threat electromagnetic pulse (EMP), click here.
Video from the Second Annual World Summit on Infrastructure Security, Washington, DC. (Time: 12:42) Speakers: Congressman Trent Franks, (R-AZ) Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) Dr. Thomas J. Bogdan, National Weather Service Gerry Cauley, President & CEO, NERC John Kappenman, National Academy of Sciences Joe McClelland, FERC Dr. Jane Lubchenco, Undersecretary of Commerce Bruce Held, Department…
On October 30, 2013 Representative Trent Franks introduced a new bill: The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (or “CIPA”) (H.R. 3410 – read it here). The bill was co-sponsored by Representative Pete Sessions. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security. If the history of grid protection legislation is any indication, the bill may…
Dr. Peter Pry, former staff member of the Congressional EMP Commission, discusses how an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from Iran, North Korea, terrorists or even a solar flare from the sun could take down the electric grid – and kill millions of Americans. Pry discusses the Grid Ex II exercise and what should be done to protect…
On May 22, 1998, President Bill Clinton issued Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-63. The subject of the directive was “Critical Infrastructure Protection.” The directive’s goals were: No later than the year 2000, the United States shall have achieved an initial operating capability and no later than five years from today the United States shall have achieved and…
Published on Oct 25, 2013 by the Center for Security Policy. Moderator — Frank J. Gaffney Jr., CSP (Time: 1 hour, 11 minutes) Speakers: Brigadier General (ret.) Ken Chrosniak, Member of EMPact America, a firefighter with Carlisle Fire Rescue, VP of Cumberland Goodwill Ambulance (EMS) Company, and member of the FBI vetted InfraGard EMP Special Interest…
Energy, Cyber, EMP Threats – Ambassador R. James Woolsey – American Center for Democracy It is insidious because if you look at the vulnerability from intentionally-caused EMP, it’s a much simpler task than designing and developing and testing and targeting an ICBM or an SLBM that can hit a target on the ground. If all…
Published on Jul 31, 2013 by Center for Security Policy (Time: 1 hour, 14 minutes) Washington, D.C. On July 29th, President Bill Clinton’s former Director of Central Intelligence, R. James Woolsey, led a panel discussion on the growing — and perhaps imminent — threat of a natural or nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) to the U.S….
