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Kent Conrad: I think, without question, my own view is that, obviously, this material is going to have to be moved at some point.…

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
I think, without question, my own view is that, obviously, this material is going to have to be moved at some point. But, on the other hand, perhaps the technology will be developed that would allow you to deal with this material at those locations and not have to be transporting it to a single site in one place in the country, where you are vulnerable. It would seem that it would be easy for a terrorist to look at the map and say, ``Here are the sites it is coming from, and here is the one place on the map it is going to.'' You could draw a series of sequential rings and, with a high degree of confidence, know this material is going to pass through there, and you are, in that way, highly vulnerable to a terrorist threat.
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Kent Conrad
Democratic · North Dakota

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Discussing the risks of transporting hazardous materials and potential terrorist threats.

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