WASHINGTON, D.C. - FBI Director, Mark Fecthel began his opening testimony behind the closed doors of the investigative committee, peering first at his notes and then reading his prepared statement.
“Members of Congress, for the past three weeks, the FBI has been investigating the attacks that occurred on the news industry. In the process my organization has identified a number of terrorist organizations who could have had some involvement, specifically one splinter group of Al-Qaeda known as AQAP, which is claiming responsibility for the attacks. AQAP operates out of Yemen and are known to have close ties with both the local government and Iran.”
“Our experts, however, do not believe the recent chemical attacks could not have been carried out by Al-Qaeda alone; the logistics involved would be just too difficult.”
“The casualties suffered by the news industry were significant; the headquarters and manufacturing facilities of World News Network, American News and World Tribune have been discovered to be the targets of the attacks. The attacks occurred principally in the northeast along the Atlantic Seaboard where you find the greatest concentration of operations for the largest news networks. These were targets that never expected to become victims of chemical attacks, and as a result, their security measures and hardening of facilities were never carried out. The news operations and facilities and the contents are believed to be total write offs.”
“I have been told to withhold data on the number of casualties by the President. My organization is in the process of identifying men and women who have been through formal military training on chemical weapons. We are also pursuing eyewitness reports of Middle Eastern men and women who were seen near the premises during the time of the attacks. We have sketches of those suspects and they are now posted on the FBI's Most Wanted List.”
“The weapons employed were of two types, a binary nerve agent thought to have originated in the former USSR. This nerve agent is the most lethal ever encountered and was introduced into the ventilation systems as an aerosol mist, which rapidly spread throughout the targeted facilities. The triggers used were both timer and remote-control capable, and incorporated no failsafe switch.”
“EMPs, Electro Magnetic Pulse weapons, were also deployed in the same, targeted facilities. The same type of triggers was used to detonate the EMP devices, thirty seconds after the nerve agent was released. The pulse was strong enough to take out all electronic devices inside the facilities and in some cases, buildings adjacent to the targets.”
“Unfortunately, because most of our findings are classified and the investigation is ongoing, for security reasons I am not able to go into any more detail at this time."
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