Mawyer Meets with Staff of Nuclear Power Plant

Martin Mawyer, the president of the Christian Action Network, has held an important and private meeting with the staff of a nuclear power facility, where he provided the security personnel with information CAN has gathered regarding homegrown terrorism and terrorist compounds located in the United States.

The police department in charge of securing the facility had previously known Mawyer due to CAN's work related to groups like "Muslims of America," which was the subject of the organization's documentary released earlier this year. Mawyer's briefing to police also included a discussion of the geographical locations of specific Muslims of America compounds in the U.S. and a discussion of a Muslim of America videotape that shows recruits being trained in how to hijack cars, scale walls, various forms of firearms use, and other tactics commonly used in acts of terrorism and guerilla warfare.

"The importance of these compounds' geographical locations within the United States is crucial in understanding the threat they pose," Mawyer explained after his briefing. He notes that the compounds are located near major landmarks including nuclear power facilities, airports, and water reservoirs, and military bases.

During his briefing, Mawyer warned that power stations are vulnerable to infiltration. CAN's investigation resulted in learning about how several members of a Muslims of America compound located on the East Coast had won a janitorial servicing contract for local power station.

Security experts have consistently warned about the possibility that terrorists could target such facilities with deadly consequences.

"The security guards at half the nuclear power plants in the United States have failed to repel mock terrorist attacks against safety systems designed to prevent a reactor meltdown. These are so-called 'force-on-force' exercises supervised by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission," explained Paul Leventhal, a terrorism expert from the Nuclear Control Institute, said at Franklin & Marshall College in 2001.