Dowbrigade

Details continue to emerge concerning the supposed dirty bomb attack
on Boston. Strange that on the day of the inauguration, the Federal
security apparatus is investigating a possible attack on the home of
the President’s defeated rival. Meanwhile, we have to go to the office
to calm the nerves of our 300 new foreign students, more than half of
whom hail from Asia, and who are probably wondering about all of the
suspicious stares they are getting on the mean streets of Boston….

The FBI launched a massive manhunt across the region yesterday for
six people, four Chinese scientists and two Iraqis, said to be planning
to detonate a "dirty bomb" in Boston, local public safety
officials briefed on the threat said.

At a police briefing yesterday at District A-1 station near Government
Center, a police intelligence official told officers that detectives
in the department would be trained in the use of radiation-sensing devices,
and he gave officers instructions about responding to a dirty bomb attack,
along with descriptions of the suspects.

"
They have modeling software they can use if it happens," said the
officer, who attended the meeting along with representatives of the Fire
Department and emergency medical services. "Within 3 minutes,
they can tell us which direction the wind is blowing in, which streets
to
shut down. They said it is a threat and we’re taking it seriously."

from the Boston Globe