It seems, for sanity's sake, that you're best off ignoring most predictions of WMD attacks, but this one comes from a taskforce that was created on the recommendation of the 9/11 Commission. So pay attention: According to the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism, the odds of a biological or nuclear terrorist attack in a major city by the end of 2013 are better than even. The commission says that a biological attack is more likely, but the chances of a nuclear attack are increasing. An attack can be avoided by the securing of unguarded stockpiles and weapons material, coordinated international efforts to discover and destroy smuggling rings, and the strengthening of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the IAEA.
Read it at The Washington Post
