Political Quotes

“it was 3 years ago this month that then- Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned the United States of a potential ``cyber Pearl Harbor.'' A cyber Pearl Harbor would be crippling, and it would be a cyber attack on our Nation's banks, power grid, government, and communications network. If it sounds scary, that is because it is scary. Cyber terrorists could potentially bring the United States to its knees. This potentiality is upon us. A catastrophic cyber attack is not farfetched. Ted Koppel, the renowned journalist, has written another book, and the author reveals that our Nation's power grid is extremely vulnerable to cyber terrorism. Imagine the toll of these attacks: massive power blackouts, no telephone, no Internet capability--that is on your cell phones or whatever phones exist--overwhelmed first responders and an infrastructure system reduced to chaos. How vulnerable is our Nation to a cyber attack of this magnitude? Former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, in the book that was written, as I indicated, by Ted Koppel, stated that the likelihood of an attack on our Nation's power grid is 80 to 90 percent--80 percent to 90 percent. Craig Fugate, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has had to think about a potential cyber attack. It is his job. Listen to his assessment: We're not a country that can go without power for a long period of time without loss of life.…”