WASHINGTON, DC -- TARGET OF TERRORISTS? -- FBI This Week, radio program's script # 474 10/29/99

**"FBI, This Week" ABC Radio Program**

**Title: WASHINGTON, DC -- TARGET OF TERRORISTS? - Pt. I** 10/29/99

**Guest: Special Agent Jim Rice**

	MR. SCHIFF:	WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY BE A PRIME TARGET FOR TERRORISTS. AT THE FBI'S WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE, SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT JIM RICE SAYS...
	MR. RICE:	"Washington, D.C. is unique in the world, I think, and it makes it one of the primary, if not the primary target, on any given day."
	MR. SCHIFF:	RICE HEADS THE FBI'S NATIONAL CAPITAL DOMESTIC RESPONSE SQUAD...
	MR. RICE:	"It's made up of those agents who investigate bombings and bomb threats, chem-bio-radiological-nuclear incidents, and specialists with very specific backgrounds to handle these type of incidents."
	MR. SCHIFF:	RICE SAYS THAT THE FBI WORKS CLOSELY WITH OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES IN PREPARING FOR ANY INCIDENT THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE WASHINGTON AREA...
	MR. RICE:	"It is the home of the federal government; it is the heartland, so to speak, for the rest of the world to picture the United States."
	MR. SCHIFF:	THE FBI AND THE OTHER AGENCIES ARE GEARING-UP FOR NEW YEARS AND THE MILLENNIUM. I'M NEAL SCHIFF AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE "FBI, THIS WEEK."

Title: WASHINGTON, DC -- TARGET OF TERRORISTS? - Pt. II 11/5/99

Guest: Special Agent Jim Rice


	MR. SCHIFF:	TERRORISTS HAVE TARGETS. MAYBE YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST...
	MR. RICE:	"It is seen as the, basically, the central nervous system, if you will, for the country."
	MR. SCHIFF:	THAT'S JIM RICE, HE'S THE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL DOMESTIC RESPONSE SQUAD AT THE FBI'S WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE...
	MR. RICE:	"This is where the military is controlled out of. It's where the federal resources are controlled out of. Congress, the leaders of all the states, are represented in Washington, D.C."
	MR. SCHIFF:	RICE SAYS ALL THAT MAKES THE CITY LIKE A MAGNET...
	MR. RICE:	"It doesn't matter if you're a foreign power, or an international group, or a domestic group, if you have some kind of a disagreement with the United States in any way, shape, or form, you're focus is probably going to be on Washington, D.C., because of what it represents.
	MR. SCHIFF:	THE FBI WORKS CLOSELY WITH OTHER FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CASE THERE IS A TERRORIST ACT. I'M NEAL SCHIFF AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE "FBI, THIS WEEK."