IS THE NY FED PREPARING FOR AN EMP ATTACK ON NYC?

LAST WEEK THE PENTAGON MOVED ITS SENSITIVE, NORAD COMMUNICATIONS HUB BACK UNDERGROUND:

The US military command that scans North America's skies for enemy missiles and aircraft plans to move its communications gear to a Cold War-era mountain bunker, officers said Tuesday. The shift to the Cheyenne Mountain base in Colorado is designed to safeguard the command's sensitive sensors and servers from a potential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, military officers said.

NOW THE NY FED HAS MADE A SIMILAR ANNOUNCEMENT (REUTERS):

The New York branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve, wary that a natural disaster or other eventuality [UMPH ADDED] could shut down its market operations as it approaches an interest rate hike, has added staff and bulked up its satellite office in Chicago. 

Some market technicians have transferred from New York and others were hired at the office housed in the Chicago Fed, according to several people familiar with the build-out that began about two years ago, after Hurricane Sandy struck Manhattan. Officials believe the Chicago staffers can now handle all of the market operations that are done daily out of the New York Fed, which is the U.S. central bank's main conduit to Wall Street.... 

... Two of the sources, which included market participants and Fed officials and who spoke under condition of anonymity, said the Chicago office was partly protection against a possible cyber attack against the New York Fed. In February, Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a congressional panel the central bank is addressing "ever-escalating (cyber) threats to our operations."

SOMETHING IS UP....

THE TIMING IS TOO PROXIMATE TO THE PENTAGON'S MOVE AND TO GERMANY REACTIVATING TANKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MOTHBALLS FOR DECADES....

MAYBE THEY THINK - AFTER A JOINT SAUDI-ISRAELI PREEMPTIVE ATTACK ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITES - IRAN WILL RETALIATE WITH AN EMP ATTACK ON NYC?

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