Good morning Chairman Horn, members of the Subcommittee and distinguished members of the New Mexico Delegation. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you and discuss terrorism preparedness, including threats posed by attacks involving biological, chemical or nuclear agents. I will also describe measures taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and our law enforcement partners to address these threats.

INTRODUCTION

As Attorney General John Ashcroft stated recently, "we must develop a seamless relationship with state and local law enforcement." FBI Director Mueller emphasized this goal when he spoke to the International Association of Chiefs of Police and said that it is his belief that "law enforcement is only as good as its relationships, that our combined resources and expertise and ideas are far beyond the sum of their parts, and that the potential for greater successes through mutual cooperation and respect is boundless." The FBI, Albuquerque, which is responsible for the state of New Mexico, has embraced this philosophy for several years. All terrorist threats received by Albuquerque FBI (NLETS, NTWS, etc.) are immediately disseminated to New Mexico's law enforcement community.

THE ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION OF FBI

The Albuquerque Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with five resident agencies in Gallup, Farmington, Santa Fe, Roswell and Las Cruces. The Division has a funded staffing level of 95 Special Agents and 76 Professional Support Employees. The territory covered by the Albuquerque Division is the state of New Mexico.

The state of New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the nation in area and shares 180 miles of border with the Republic of Mexico. New Mexico possesses some of the nation's most attractive targets for terrorists. FBI, Albuquerque, is responsible for liaison with state and local agencies, as well as other federal entities to ensure that acts of terrorism are prevented. New Mexico's key assets are Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, White Sands Missile Range, the Waste Isolation Pilot Project, the State Department's Anti-terrorism Center, the Very Large Array, Intel, Sumitomo, Kirtland Air Force Base, Holloman Air Force Base, Cannon Air Force Base, Ft. Bliss Army Base and the San Juan Basin Natural Gas and Production Hub. (See Attachment A)

We would like to bring to your attention several initiatives already established in New Mexico to address terrorist threats. They are the Weapons of Mass Destruction Working Group (WMDG), Domestic Terrorism Working Group (DTWG) and the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF). These programs were established in concert with local, state and federal agencies, to include the New Mexico Department of Public Safety, (DPS) and the Department of Health. Each agency participating in these programs participated in the development of guidelines for prevention, response, investigation and training in regards to a variety of terrorist acts.

The DTWG was established in 1996 with representation from 45 local, state and federal departments and agencies. Meetings are held each month at the United States Customs Air Branch on Kirtland Air Force Base. Since September 22, 2001, these meetings have included international terrorism information and alerts.

The WMDG was established in 1998 with representation from over 20 local, state and federal departments and agencies. Meetings are held monthly.

The JTTF, established in March of 2001, is comprised of sworn law enforcement members of the DTWG, with nine full-time investigators representing their agencies. Meetings are held monthly.

Attached to my statement for the record is information regarding each of these established groups. (See Attachment B: JTTF; Attachment C: DTWG; Attachment D: WMDWG)

Several representatives from the above groups are currently participating in the development of the Terrorism Appendix to the State of New Mexico All-Hazard Emergency Operations Plan, which is spearheaded by the DPS Office of Emergency Management. The Terrorism Appendix provides guidelines for response to incidents that are determined to be terrorism related.

Since September 11, 2001, interest and participation has grown in all three programs. After this catastrophic attack, the Special Agent in Charge (SAC) established a command post to handle any investigation or response within our jurisdiction. This command post was manned 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for approximately 3 months. This command post was staffed by the FBI and 16 outside federal, state, and local agencies including the previously mentioned JTTF, DTWG, and WMDWG. The U.S. Attorney's Office provided and continues to provide support in an "on call" capacity. The command post received in excess of 1600 leads which resulted in approximately three times that number of interviews. The information received by the command post has been extremely valuable in the FBI's threat assessment for the state of New Mexico.

To establish a seamless communication path with various agency heads, the SAC met with Gary Johnson, Governor of New Mexico, and various functions within law enforcement and civilian arenas. I recently met with Tom English, New Mexico's Director of Homeland Defense; David C. Iglesias, US Attorney; Larry Gomez, First Assistant United States Attorney; and Paula Burnett, head of the Anti-Terrorism Task Force. Last week, I joined the JTTF members to deliver briefings on these programs to Martin Chavez, Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The Albuquerque FBI looks forward to a continuation of the ongoing efforts concerning the protection of our state and cities with all levels of government and law enforcement.

WMD

As you are well aware of by now, each FBI Division has a WMD Coordinator whose taskings are to maintain liaison with fire, haz-mat, law enforcement, public and emergency health personnel whose role is to respond to incidents resulting form WMD terrorism. By liaison, I mean to actively participate in the education of all personnel who share the FBI's mission to prevent, detect and deter acts of terrorism. Therefore, first responder personnel should not only be trained on how to effectively respond to WMD incidents but also on how to recognize WMD proliferation.

The New Mexico Weapons of Mass Destruction Working Group, (WMDWG) is the forum for education, training exercises and information sharing regarding WMD in the state of New Mexico. It was established in 1998. It is co-hosted by the Albuquerque FBI, New Mexico Department of Public Safety and the New Mexico Department of Health. Last year, the WMDWG provided four training symposiums to first responders on recognition and effective response to acts of terrorism involving: Chemical Agents, Biological Agents, Nuclear and Radiological Agents, and Large Explosives. The WMDWG has a secure website whereby information regarding training, exercises, meetings, news articles, etc. are posted. After Sept. 11, 2002, the FBI in New Mexico responded to over 1300 calls and incidents regarding mail suspected of containing anthrax. The WMDWG established guidelines to effectively handle suspicious packages and letters in order to reduce panic and man hours for all involved. The guidelines require the FBI and the New Mexico Department of Health to determine, through logical investigation, if a package/letter presents a credible threat. If a threat is deemed credible, the guidelines direct how it will be screened by haz-mat teams, how it will be transported by law enforcement and where it will be analyzed. The guidelines were disseminated to all law enforcement agencies in New Mexico. The FBI's close coordination with law enforcement, haz-mat and public health ensure effective and coordinated response by law enforcement and public health throughout New Mexico.

The FBI's WMD Coordinator provides training not only to state and local police, sheriff, fire, public health and emergency manager conferences, but also to county and city, agencies, departments and committees throughout the state of New Mexico.

The FBI in New Mexico also has the responsibility for conducting investigations and liaison at facilities in New Mexico that research and/or store nuclear and biological weapons. These facilities include the Los Alamos National Laboratories, Sandia National Laboratories, University of New Mexico, Kirtland Air Force Base and the Waste Isolation Pilot Project. All these facilities are recipients of the FBI's outreach effort which includes alerts, information sharing and training.

INFRAGARD PROGRAM

The FBI's InfraGard Program is a community outreach program in which Special Agents maintain liaison with the owners and operators of the critical infrastructures (Transportation, Telecommunications, Natural Gas Transmission lines, Electrical Energy production and transportation networks, Emergency Management assets, Water and Financial institutions). The program provides alerts and warnings via secure Internet communications. On February 1, 2002, the FBI formerly introduced the InfraGard Program to representatives from approximately 150 organizations in New Mexico. The program establishes a local communications network in which threat information can received and disseminated in a timely manner.

JTTF
The mission of the NMJTTF is to identify and target for prosecution terrorists and terrorist organizations planning or carrying out terrorist acts occurring in or affecting the State of New Mexico and to apprehend individuals committing such acts. The organizations to be investigated will be specifically identified and agreed upon before hand by the NMJTTF member agencies. All parties agree to abide by Attorney General Guidelines. The NMJTTF will enhance the effectiveness of federal/state/local law enforcement resources through a well-coordinated effort seeking the most effective investigative/prosecutive avenues by which to convict and incarcerate dangerous offenders.

As mandated by US Attorney General John Ashcroft, US Attorneys offices throughout the country have recently established an Anti-Terrorism Task Forces (ATTF). Albuquerque FBI ensures that the activities of it's JTTF are coordinated with the New Mexico US Attorneys Office ATTF in order to avoid duplication of effort and to facilitate the exchange of information regarding counterterrorism objectives. Through the New Mexico US Attorneys Office, the FBI in New Mexico is aggressively pursuing the prosecution of mailed WMD threats.

In order to enhance prosecutions of WMD use and/or other terrorist threats on a state level, the FBI recently collaborated with the New Mexico Attorney General's Office in the formulation of state terrorism legislation which was presented recently as House Bill 339 at the 45th Legislature of New Mexico.

The FBI in New Mexico has provided its JTTF members with training in Domestic and International Terrorism. Training has also been provided in source development and administration at the FBI's Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia and at the field office in Albuquerque. Additionally, FBIHQ and DOJ are sponsoring state and local anti-terrorism training. Conferences are being provided across the country which started January 30, 2002. The JTTF will be attending when this becomes available in this region. Finally, the JTTF members provide training to other state and local investigators.

ATTACHMENT A
NEW MEXICO KEY ASSETS

1. Los Alamos National Laboratory is located north of Santa Fe, NM, approximately an hour and a half drive from Albuquerque, NM. Los Alamos is a DOE weapons research lab with approximately 6,800 employees and 2,888 contractor personnel.
2. Sandia National Laboratory is located on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM. Sandia is a DOE lab which provides science and engineering support for nuclear weapons stockpile, as well as other aspects of national security, such as preventing the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
3. Air Force Research Laboratory is located on Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, NM. The laboratory is working on the Space Vehicles Directorate which researches military satellites and manned spacecraft.
4. White Sands Missile Range is located in the Las Cruces, NM, RA area. It is a Department of Defense missile range and test facility with capabilities used by the Army, Navy, Air Force and NASA.
5. The Waste Isolation Pilot Project (WIPP) is located near Roswell, NM (Las Cruces RA). It is the world's first licensed underground nuclear repository of transuranic radioactive waste from the production of nuclear weapons.
6. The State Department's Anti-terrorism Center is located in Albuquerque, NM. The State Department's Explosives Training facility is located in Socorro, NM. The State Department's Law Enforcement Training Center is located in Roswell, NM (Las Cruces RA). All three facilities regularly train delegations from foreign countries, including Yemen and UAE.
7. The Very Large Array (VLA) (the world's premier space research and satellite communications facility) is located near Socorro, NM, in a remote section of east central New Mexico (covered by Albuquerque).
8. Intel and Sumitomo have some of the world's largest computer chip production facilities which are located in the Albuquerque area.
9. Three Air Force bases are located in New Mexico. Kirtland Air Force Base (Albuquerque), Holloman Air Force Base (southern, NM), and Cannon Air Force Base (eastern NM) maintain fighter jet squadrons and train pilots from foreign nations.
10. Ft. Bliss Army Base, although based out of Texas, has many facilities located in eastern New Mexico. This base is the home of the US Army Air Defense Artillery Command, which includes Patriot missiles. The German Army maintains a significant presence at the base.
11. The San Juan Basin Natural Gas and Production Hub which is located in central New Mexico (covered by Albuquerque) serves the southwestern United States and California).

ATTACHMENT B
FBI ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION
Joint Terrorism Task Force

Approved March 2001
Meetings held every first Tuesday of each month
Comprised of sworn law enforcement officers only
New members continue to be solicited

Full Time Members

New Mexico Department of Public Safety

• Special Investigations Division
• Motor Transportation Division

United States Customs

US Department of Interior

• Bureau of Land Management
• US Fish and Wildlife Service

US Secret Service

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Part- Time Members

Albuquerque Police Department

Albuquerque TVI - Security

Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Law Enforcement

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

Drug Enforcement Agency

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department

Farmington Police Department

Federal Protective Service

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Internal Revenue Service

Kirtland Air Force Base, Office of Special Investigations

Kirtland Air Force Base, Security Forces

New Mexico Department of Public Safety

• State Police Division

Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety

Ruidoso Police Department

Santa Ana Pueblo Police Department

Santa Fe Police Department

Sandoval County Sheriff's Department

University of New Mexico

• Emergency Management
• Police Department

US Attorney's Office

US Department of Interior

• National Park Service

US Forest Service

US Marshal's Office

US Postal Inspection Service

US Secret Service

ATTACHMENT C
FBI ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION
Domestic Terrorism Working Group

Established in 1996
Meetings held every third Tuesday of each month
All city, county, state, federal and corporate agencies/departments with a nexus to counterterrorism are solicited to join.

Currently the 41 members are:

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center

Albuquerque Police Department

Albuquerque TVI

Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office

Bernalillo County Fire Department

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Law Enforcement

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

Drug Enforcement Agency

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Dona Ana County Sheriff's Department

Farmington Police Department

Federal Bureau of Investigations

Federal Protective Service

Internal Revenue Service

Immigration and Naturalization Service

Kirtland Air Force Base Security Forces

Los Alamos National Labs

New Mexico Army National Guard

New Mexico Attorney General's Office

New Mexico Gaming Control Board

New Mexico Department of Public Safety
- Special Investigations Division
- State Police Division
- Motor Transportation Division
- Technical and Emergency Support Division

Rio Rancho Department of Public Safety

Ruidoso Police Department

Santa Ana Pueblo Police Department

Santa Fe Police Department

Sandoval County Sheriff's Department

University of New Mexico
- Emergency Management
- Police Department

US Air National Guard

US Air Force Office of Special Investigations

US Attorney's Office

US Customs

US Department of Defense

US Department of Energy

US Department of Interior
- Bureau of Land Management
- National Park Service

US Fish and Wildlife Service

US Forest Service

US Marshal's Office

US Secret Service

US Department of Agriculture

US Postal Inspection Service

ATTACHMENT D
FBI ALBUQUERQUE DIVISION
Weapons of Mass Destruction Working Group

Established in 1998
Meetings held every third Tuesday of each month
All city, county, state, federal and corporate agencies/departments with a response role to incidents involving chemical, biological and/or nuclear/radiological terrorism are solicited to join.

New Mexico Department of Public Safety

• New Mexico Office of Emergency Management
• New Mexico State Police
• New Mexico Motor Transportation Division

New Mexico Department of Health

• New Mexico Office of Epidemiology
• New Mexico Scientific Laboratory (Chemical and Biological Departments)

University of New Mexico

• Office of the Medical Examiner
• University of New Mexico Emergency Management Division

Albuquerque Police Department

Sandia National Laboratories Emergency Management

Los Alamos National Laboratories Emergency Management

Bureau of Indian Affairs

New Mexico National Guard

New Mexico National Guard Civil Support Team

Fifth US Army - Region 6 Emergency Preparedness

Bernalillo County Fire and Rescue

Sandoval County Fire and Rescue

DOD Defense Threat Reduction Agency Defense Nuclear Weapons School

US Department of Energy

County of Bernalillo Environmental Health

New Mexico Environment Department

New Mexico American Red Cross

City of Albuquerque Environmental Health Dept.

US Department of Veterans Affairs