[Scan-DC] "Code Orange" - some specifics

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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:05:43 -0400


This article might help highlight which frequencies are likely to be
active.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61864-2002Sep10.html

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered the nation's 103 nuclear power
plants to heighten security, while the Energy Department ordered
additional precautions at nuclear weapons facilities, research
laboratories and other sites. Transportation officials said they would,
starting today, restrict blimps, news helicopters and other small
aircraft over major sporting events indefinitely.

The Association of Oil Pipe Lines and the American Petroleum Institute
contacted companies to urge tighter restrictions on access to facilities
and other protective measures. The National Tank Truck Carriers
Association, whose haulers transport gasoline and other hazardous
materials, planned to issue an advisory to its members.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld ordered the use of live missiles in
the Washington-area launchers "as a prudent precaution," the Pentagon
said in a statement.

The launchers had originally been intended for use in a training
exercise, and the conversion to live ammunition recalled the days of the
1950s and 1960s when Nike guided-missile sites ringed Washington and
other major U.S. cities. Last Friday, jet fighters resumed 24-hour
patrols over New York and Washington.
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