There are more terrorist targets in Indiana than in New York; in fact, there are almost as many in Indiana as in New York and California combined. There are more national monuments in Washington state than in Washington, DC. There are fewer banking and finance assets in North Dakota than in New York. Montana has more terrorist targets than Massachusetts. Other terrorist targets listed in the National Asset Database: nursing homes, jails, mortuaries. And stay away from the Mule Day parade in Columbia, TN.
All of the above information was in the National Asset Database, which in the words of the Department of Homeland Security is "a repository of the nation’s facilities and assets spanning the 17 Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI & KR)." Not only is the database designed to facilitate DHS' responsibility "for reducing the nation’s vulnerability to terrorism by developing and implementing plans to identify and protect critical infrastructure and key assets, and to deny the use of these infrastructures as weapons" but it is also used to allocate DHS funds to the cities and states.
Does it help make our nation safer? Obviously, DHS thinks so. Like any upstanding public servant DHS' deputy press secretary says, "We don't find it embarassing. The list is a valuable tool."
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