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DATE=2/4/99 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-245111 TITLE=TERRORIST THREATS (L-ONLY) BYLINE=DAVID DYAR DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT SAYS AMERICAN EMBASSIES ARE STILL IN DANGER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, DESPITE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS TO INCREASE THEIR SECURITY. CORRESPONDENT DAVID DYAR REPORTS MS. ALBRIGHT REVIEWED THE SECURITY PROGRAM DURING TESTIMONY BEFORE THE U-S CONGRESS. TEXT: MS. ALBRIGHT DETAILED EFFORTS TO IMPROVE U-S EMBASSY SECURITY FOLLOWING BOMBINGS THAT KILLED 250 PEOPLE LAST YEAR IN AFRICA. BUT SHE SAID THERE ARE LIMITS TO HOW SECURE EMBASSIES CAN BE MADE. /// ALBRIGHT CUT /// CERTAINLY NO SINGLE ARREST OR SHUTDOWN OF A TERRORIST OPERATION WILL BE SUFFICIENT. THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS GIVEN US NEW MEANS TO COUNTER TERRORISTS, BUT IT HAS ALSO ENABLED TERRORISTS TO DEVELOP MORE POWERFUL WEAPONS. /// END CUT /// THE HEAD OF THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL JANET RENO, VOICED HER CONCERNS ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS OF TRYING TO STOP TERRORISTS. /// RENO CUT /// WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT THEM ALL. THERE IS NO WAY WE CAN DO THAT AND WE HAVE GOT TO BE PREPARED. /// END CUT /// THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IS PROPOSING A FIVE-YEAR COUNTER-TERRORISM PROGRAM. IT HAS ASKED CONGRESS FOR 300-MILLION DOLLARS NEXT YEAR FOR EMBASSY SECURITY. REPUBLICAN SENATOR JUDD GREGG IS HANDLING THAT REQUEST IN THE SENATE. HE SAYS THE REQUEST IS NOT ENOUGH, AND THE WHITE HOUSE SHOULD BE SEEKING AT LEAST ONE-BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE SECURITY PROGRAM. HE CRITICIZED THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION FOR NOT SEEKING MORE MONEY. /// GREGG CUT /// WE (IN THE CONGRESS) ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY, EVEN THOUGH THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT WILLING TO COME UP WITH THE MONEY. AND THAT IS, TO ME, AGAIN, PLAYING GAMES WITH THE ISSUE OF TERRORISM FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES, AND IT IS WRONG. /// END CUT /// BUT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ERNEST HOLLINGS SAID ONE-BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR FOR EMBASSY SECURITY APPEARS TO BE TOO MUCH. /// HOLLINGS CUT /// I AM NOT SANGUINE ABOUT THE ABILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT TO REALLY GET A PROOF POSITIVE PROTECTION AGAINST TERRORISM. IF WE LOOK AT THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OF THAT KIND, YOU CANNOT BARRIER ALL THE BUILDINGS. /// END CUT /// SECRETARY ALBRIGHT SAYS THE ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO ASK FOR MORE MONEY FOR THE EMBASSY SECURITY PROGRAM LATER IN THE YEAR, AFTER MORE STUDIES ARE COMPLETED. (SIGNED) NEB/DWD/RAE 04-Feb-99 2:31 PM EST (1931 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .