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By Sridhar Krishnaswami
WASHINGTON, FEB. 17. Senior administration officials belonging to the intelligence community have told Congress that it might just be a "matter of time" before terrorists tried to use weapons of mass destruction against the U.S. "It may be only a matter of time before the Al-Qaeda or another group attempts to use chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons," Porter Goss, CIA Director told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The FBI head, Robert Mueller, told the law-makers that his agency had been "very concerned" about lack of data on Al-Qaeda "sleeper" cells. "I remain very concerned about what we are not seeing," he said. "Finding them is a top priority for the FBI but it is also one of the most difficult challenges." Mr. Goss, who made his first formal public appearance since his confirmation last September, said the war in Iraq was contributing to the potential pool of terrorists. "Those jihadists who survive will leave Iraq experienced and focussed on acts of urban terrorism. They represent a potential pool of contacts to build trans-national terrorist cells and networks." Mr. Goss warned the Committee that North Korea continued to "develop, produce, deploy and sell ballistic missiles of increasing range and sophistication" and that Pyongyang could "at any time" return to flight-testing a long-range missile capable of reaching the U.S. with a nuclear payload.
Ambitious course
The Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, told the House Armed Services Committee that the Pentagon's $419 billions budget for Fiscal 2006 would set an ambitious course to "continue prosecuting the war and to attack its ideological underpinnings. "He talked of the success in putting together a coalition of 90 nations in this war on terror that has also put a squeeze on financing. "...it isn't over. It is a very serious business we're in."
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