Hundreds of actors writhed in simulated pain in Connecticut after staged terrorist attacks on Monday, and thousands more went to New Jersey hospitals complaining of mysterious flulike symptoms, as the Department of Homeland Security began the largest terrorism drill ever conducted in the United States. The department enacted a car bombing and a chemical attack in New London and the release of a biological agent in New Jersey, to test local, state and federal emergency response capabilities to their limits. Local and state officials in Connecticut and New Jersey were given only general outlines of what the terror attacks might involve, and the responders will be presented with twists and turns as the exercise continues through Friday. Full Story
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