Terrorism experts warned a Wall Street Journal reporter that the nation’s power grid is a vulnerable weak point. The say a shooting that caused damage at a California Power station was no prank, but likely a dry run by terrorists.
A sniper attack in April 2013 that disabled several transformers at a substation near San Jose, CA was “the most significant incident of domestic terrorism involving the grid that has ever occurred,” according to officials, and may have been a rehearsal for a broader wave of attacks designed to plunge the entire country into darkness, according to a report published Tuesday evening on the Wall Street Journal‘s website by Rebecca Smith.
The Journal reports that Former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chair Jon Wellinghof, a George W. Bush administration appointee who stepped down in November after seven years, secretly briefed the White House, Congress, and federal agencies last year to warn them that the attack on the substation–for which no arrests have yet been made–was no prank, but a meticulously planned and ultimately successful assault.
The recent focus on cyber-attacks may prove to be a harmful distraction from real weak points, such as the power grid, says Wellinghof.
Sources: Breitbart / Wall Street Journal
Photo: Drew Evans on Flickr
what a joke. big deal. dry run, whatever
Im A Beleiver
No it was a test run for false flag events.
It was obama testing to let his brothers where to hit when they take control
sure physical attack is easier but if want really strike a blow go nation wide with a cyber attack that part is so poorly protected its even worse in protection than physical
People it’s coming…you better be ready!
… or maybe just a couple of bored teenagers with a gun.
did they even notice……
Our country is on the defense……….we need to be on the offence against terrorism.
Our government is too busy spying on us to concern themselves with this.