Administration ends largest counterterrorism exercise ever

[The Straight Story]

Administration ends largest counterterrorism exercise ever
By Chris Strohm
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The administration will spend four to six months analyzing the results of the largest counterterrorism exercise in the nation's history before releasing formal results, officials from the Homeland Security Department said Friday.

The TOPOFF 3 exercise, which ended Friday, tested the ability of participants from 27 federal agencies, state and local governments, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations and other countries to prevent and respond to simulated terrorist attacks.


A DHS official told Government Executive the exercise did not reveal "glaring weaknesses that put the country in immediate harm in the near future."


Final results and recommendations will take up to six months to process, other senior DHS officials told reporters Friday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to discuss any preliminary findings.

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[RC]

1. From the Subject line I hoping that maybe the bu$h administration had

turned itself in.