Nation IN BRIEF : FLORIDA : Aid Agency Linked to Secret Program
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, responsible for providing aid during natural disasters, has spent most of its money on a secret program to enable the government to survive a nuclear attack, according to the Cox newspapers, based in Palm Beach, Fla. For every dollar FEMA spent on responding to disasters, almost $12 was spent on the secret program, which was built around a vast communications network that includes a fleet of 300 vehicles in five mobile units scattered around the country, the report said.
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