A blue-ribbon task force has bluntly warned that the U.S. is "dangerously unprepared" for a terrorist attack, saying it probably would mean more casualties than the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.
The report, released Oct. 25 by the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, says the possibility of war with Iraq and that Saddam Hussein may threaten to use weapons of mass destruction in the U.S. make the need for homeland security action more urgent.