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President Obama claims that the “greatest threat to U.S. and global security” is “nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states,” yet a new report from his Justice Department’s inspector general says his government is anything but ready to handle such an attack. According to The Associated Press, “The IG says the [Justice] department hasn't assigned one entity responsibility for central oversight in responding to a WMD incident.”

The AP article goes on to note that “no law enforcement component in the department besides the FBI has operational response plans in place against WMD” and as Inspector General Glenn Fine, who is responsible for the report notes, “Preventing terrorist attacks, including WMD attacks, is the department's highest priority.” 

This is not the first warning Obama has received on his administration’s lack of preparedness for a large scale terrorist attack. In January a bipartisan commission, led by former Democrat Sen. Bob Graham, ripped the Obama administration’s failure to grasp the threat of biological weapons. At the time AFP summarized the report, noting:

A bipartisan panel warned the government had failed to adopt measures to counter the danger posed by extremists using WMD, saying the administration lacked plans for a rapid response to a possible biological attack

Since then, the President has continued to travel the world promoting his plans to further disarm our nuclear deterrent while neglecting his chief responsibility of protecting our homeland.