The officials also say they were never given enough resources before Sept. 11 to counter the threat.

But to counter the threat, the Government is still falling back on old techniques.

Science and technology are central to countering the terrorist threat.

Federal agencies are to develop plans to prepare for and counter the threat.

From a security perspective, the extent to which power plants can counter such potential threats is very much open to question.

For that reason, it proposes to make better use of the military to counter domestic threats.

He always stood firm in fighting against any kind of terrorism to counter the threat from the divisive forces.

But all such plans were drawn up to counter the threat of external attack, rather than to protect against terrorism from within.

Until now, well over half of the defense budget has been devoted to countering Soviet threats.

But when news reached him about the disaster at Sluys, he turned his attention to counter the new threat.