Why is the Federal Government not warning Americans about the threat from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) attack?
342602
For one thing, this isn't a big cover-up conspiracy, as there is a massive amount of information on EMP readily available on the internet or at your library.   Secondly, you said the answer yourself, we don't really have an adequate defense scheme.  Why would you induce public panic when you don't have any good advice or solutions to offer people?  Furthermore, I whole-heartedly doubt that folks in Washington haven't considered this threat.  They know about thousands of potential security risks, and constantly have to judge which are the highest priorities.  This one is currently a low priority because nobody has really built a massive EMP weapon (aside from nuclear bombs, but then you have bigger problems).  In other words, it's really not very likely to be a threat any time soon.  Possible?  Yes, of course, but not likely.\n\nAlso, did you consider writing a letter to your Congressmen, or other officials?  Maybe you should let them know your ideas, since you feel so strongly about them.
553166
Well first of all no governments can read peoples' thoughts so it's not that big a worry in the real world.\n\nBut if they could do so by electromagnetic radiation (or cause you to think other things) then the only way to protect yourself would be to go into a faraday cage.  If your entire body were covered in tin (more likely aluminium if you use the 'tin foil' that you buy in shops) then you would be in one (a wire mesh will often work fine too due to the radiation 'seeing' a wire mesh with spacing less than half a wavelength as solid).\n\nBut if you just cover your head then you won't actually stop the EM radiation very well (and might end up focusing it towards your brain).
181587
There aren't any dam the gov. they just want to be fucking nosy do they really expect to find terrorist threats in e-mails and letters when there are millions of letters and e-mails are floating around out there
51466
The government can't protect us from terrorism.  If someone is willing to give up their lives to hurt others no can stop them.  \nAre we more protected than before 9/11?  No, everything is close to the same. The government fulfilled very little of the 9/11 report recommendations. We may be worse off with the Iraq, depending on who you talk to. The government can't protect us fully but it can protect vulnerable places like chemical plants and cargo but has failed to do so.\nUltimately, we are not safe from attack and never will be.  We can only minimize the chance for attacks but the government is not doing it.
1120363
Fear of the US government.\n\nThey don' support it.
576367
not only are we censored, but the feds listen in on our phone calls, and then try to arrest us if we talk bad about the government. It is a direct violation of the 1st ammendment, but no one in the government cares.
543779
All military electronics are hardened against EMP. It would knock out civilian electronics by inducing a high amplitude current spike into the circuitry. (I used to work on military aircraft electronics)\n\nBasically, in a nuclear war scenario, the first detonation would be a high altitude blast, which would wipe out most electronics - communications being the main target.\n\nNot sure if there is any other method of doing it, like the Bond flick 'Goldeneye'.
64820
I have nothing to hide. I understand the fears that some people have of a government with unlimited secret controls, but those are usually your conspiracy buffs, anyway.\n\nSpy, guys... spy. We are living in the greatest and strongest nation in the world, and many resent us for that. Sadly, the greatest harm to our way of life will come from within our own borders,
41135
I am a history teacher and could give you a laundary list of reasons and history behind the whole event, but I will leave you with this . . . they are the government.  If the U.S. government feels there is a threat to the interests of the nation, it is going to act upon that by whatever means necessary.
1010462
I'm open to all answers. mainly because USA tend to use "magic tricks" when it comes to politics. If there are something that might hurt the governments trustworthiness, there is suddenly a big crisis somewhere. It is not so difficult to put peoples focus away from what really is happening to something that is more interesting. Like seeing the picture of the devil in the smoke from a fire.\n\nThrust no government.
376777
Because such uncomfortable things don't usually happen on USA turf.\n\nWatch this though:\nhttp://www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/flash.htm#Main
814959
Because the American public has no understanding of reality.  They are led by emotion.
263699
Its hard to say because any leads would be highly classified by the government. Stopping a terrorist would be a great boost in support for the Bush administration, however releasing such information could pose a threat to national security. Although they did release info on the terrorist who was planning to attack LA, who was stopped by a Canadian border official. That didn't have anything to do with the Patriot act though, as the offical stopped the man on a hunch.
571256
The goverment has concealed things from the public since it's formation. Cover stories and diversion stories are created daily. With today's instant communications technology, it's not as easy. And it's not always with evil intent. For example, when the 911 incident occurred, the idea was that the least truthful information released to the public the better, so as not to create panic over possible future or more attacks that law enforcement had no advance knowledge of where it would occur, even though they told us it highly probable it would. The theory is tell the public the least information possible with plausible deniability. If that isn't possible, and real information for the safety of the public is available, release it according to its weight against negative panic and fear that it may cause. The least the better is rule of thumb in goverment.
1026742
Because most americans are too lazy/busy to do the minimal amount of research needed to open their eyes to the numerous lies about 9/11. Just recently scientist examined a preserved portion of a WTC support column and found thermite on the neatly cut metal support beam. Thermite is a cutting agent used in controlled demolitions.\nNumerous accredited people from German Defense Ministers to CIA agents who gave daily briefings to Reagan and Bush Sr. have come forward saying 9/11 is a big lie, but the main stream controlled media won't tell America this thus most Americans assume its not true. \n\nBasically we have a nation of brainwashed couch slugs to lazy to think for themselves. And if the TV news won't tell them the truth, then the truth of 9/11 is just a kookie tin foil hat pipe dream.\n\nI am so glad I no longer am one of those pathetic sheeple.
1086330
The governments best kept but talked about secret is the NSA.It has always had the right to tap phone calls of the American people.Your teacher was wrong in not explaining this further to you if she should have even mentioned this at all in a classroom setting that was not about civics.The NSA does not sit around listening to everyday people talking about their lives.It is used only in suspected terrorism or other illegal activity.Even if they did just randomly listened in I wouldn't care if they wanted to hear me vent to a friend about my husband or anything else if it meant it could stop another attack like 9/11.People really need to start looking at the 'big picture'.\nAgain I am sorry your teacher felt it was her duty to say this without giving your class more information and knowledge about the situation.
157044
There's this little news story now,  it takes a large chunk of time on national news and print and tv,  remember its the thing about Bush authorizing the NSA to listen to cell phone calls.\n\nSo able danger ended with some admiral or general saying we were told not to pursue what we had cause some white house clinton lawyer told us not to go any farther,\nand now george bush's lawyer, the attorney general, is saying its legal for us to spy and take action\n\nkick @ss