Nuclear Terrorism: How Big a Threat?Is al-Qaeda Trying to Get a Bomb?Documents Trace U.S. Nuclear Counter-Terror EffortsNational Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 388Posted - September 7, 2012For more information contact:Jeffrey T. Richelson - 202/994-7000 orNEST helicopter with radiation detection equipment. Courtesy of Robert Windrem.Washington, D.C., September 7, 2012 – Eleven years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, how concerned Americans should be over threats of nuclear terrorism remains a subject ofvigorous debate.

1. Al Qaeda Nuclear Program Using Floppy Disk

Declassified documents have confirmed that the U.S. (and other) governments have anticipated the possibility of a terrorist nuclearincident at such high-profile events as the 2009 inauguration of President Barack Obama and the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Souls of mischief 93 til infinity rare.

Al Qaeda Nuclear Program Using Floppy Disk

Ever since 9/11, U.S. Experts havebeen particularly interested in whether al-Qaeda is trying to acquire a nuclear device.To provide context and important background material on this issue, the National Security Archive today is posting 40 documents produced by a range of U.S.and other government agencies that concern assorted aspects of the current U.S.