Government Confirms Much Shorter List of Critical U.S. Locations (ABC)

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Government Confirms Much Shorter List of Critical U.S. Locations

By PIERRE THOMAS

July 21, 2006 — Last week Department of Homeland Security officials were mocked
for having a terrorism target list of 77,000 sites that included an Indiana popcorn
factory and an Alabama petting zoo.

But this morning, for the first time, the government confirmed it has developed a list
of 600 of the nation's most important places to protect.

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Even though the government has declined to provide any specifics on this "most
protected sites" list, ABC News has learned some of its details.

The first tier of the nation's 30 most critical sites includes the financial centers
of Wall Street in New York and Charlotte, N.C. (home to many of the nation's major
banks), nuclear power plants, dams, and major petrochemical plants, such as those
found in New Jersey.

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Full article: http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Terrorism/story?id=2218846