PERSPECTIVE: What Must Be Done Now to Prepare for EMP Strike

Homeland Security Today: One of the last meetings I had in office was with three scientists from the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Attack. As they briefed me about the threat and impact of an electromagnetic pulse (“EMP”) attack upon our country, it was clear these were desperate men.Working under a 2001 congressional mandate, these scientists were making the rounds at various three-letter agencies sounding a tocsin of warning about the cat