Never Mind al Qaeda ... Global Warming is the Real Threat!

U.S. Intelligence Investigates Warming Security Threats

WASHINGTON -- Stepping into the rancorous national debate over global warming, the U.S. intelligence community has launched an examination of the security threats that could be triggered by rising temperatures and climate change, officials said Thursday.

The review was announced by the nation’s intelligence director even as congressional Democrats and Republicans sparred over whether it was appropriate for the beleaguered U.S. spy services to spend resources studying threats posed by the environment.

The review is expected to identify security problems that could erupt if rising global temperatures cause flooding, food shortages, migration shifts and other disruptions in already volatile parts of the world. Republicans warned it could divert spy agencies’ attention from terrorism and other targets.

“It’s going to take resources from other places,” said Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee. The panel voted Wednesday to require the intelligence community to produce a comprehensive report on security threats caused by climate change.

Hoekstra warned that CIA officers and spy satellites might be pulled away from what he described as more dire threats to provide input for the climate change report.

“I expect that we will go to the (CIA) chief of station in different African countries and say ‘What do you think will happen in Nigeria or in Kenya if temperatures rise and the agricultural land decreases by 20 percent,’ ” Hoekstra said in a telephone interview. “Guess what? Radical Islam is active in both those countries.”

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A bazillion committees studying the Global-Warming-as-Armageddon hoax yet we need ANOTHER --one that diverts monies from the pursuit of real threats!?

Well, perhaps the car bombers, cowed by the likes of Al Gore, Cheryl Crow and more than a few limp-wristed pussies we know, will switch to hybrids.

Once again, folks -- these are the SMART people!