In an alarming series of stories, Los Angeles Times reporter David Willman revealed for the first time that the Trump administration has undermined or eliminated numerous counter- terrorism programs to detect, track and counter nuclear material, radiological devices, germ agents and other weapons of mass destruction. Willman documented that since 2017, Homeland Security officials have quietly gutted critical WMD training, equipment and planning programs, putting America at greater risk of a mass casualty terrorist attack and undercutting local and state capabilities to respond.
