Once not even on radar, terrorism now tops federal law enforcement's agenda

David Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, describes the challenges facing federal law enforcement, including the new number one priority: terrorism. 911 changed the nature of the Justice Department from one of reacting to violent attacks to preventing them. In this podcast, Nahmias says he is certain that terrorist will attack us again, so he encourages everyone not only to practice terrorism and armed intruder drills in which you stay inside.

Other priorities for Nahmias's office:

1. Street gangs (bigger problem in metro area than in the City of Atlanta )
2. Methamphetamines – Knocked out 70% of meth labs, but now higher quality, lower priced meth is coming from Mexico , with Atlanta as “huge staging ground” for drugs covering the southeast, topping even Miami. The good news: Teen-aged drug use is down 23% in five years, and violent crime is down 50% in ten years, mainly due to education, not federal law enforcement. http://www.justthinktwice.com/
3. White collar crime - have prosecuted more than 200 corruption cases, including many in mortgage fraud, dropping us from number one to number four in the nation in mortgage fraud. Nahmias encourages whistleblowers, saying says his office would have had more evidence against former mayor Bill Campbell if more whistleblowers had come forward.