Additional smallpox cases were soon identified in Georgia and Pennsylvania. At the start of the meeting, the Director of Health and Human Services informed the President of a confirmed case of smallpox in Oklahoma City. The players were introduced to this crisis during a National Security Council meeting scheduled to address several emerging crises, including the deployment of a carrier task force to the Middle East. Reporter, British Broadcasting Corporation: Ms.Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation: The Hon.Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency: Mr.Secretary of Health & Human Services: The Hon.Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff: General John Tilelli (USA, Ret.).Director of Central Intelligence: The Hon.Five representatives from the national press corps (including print and broadcast) participated in the game and conducted a lengthy press conference with the President. Additionally, a predictable 24/7 news cycle quickly developed that focused the nation and the world on the attack and response. Discussions, debates (some rather heated), and decisions focused on the public health response, lack of an adequate supply of smallpox vaccine, roles and missions of federal and state governments, civil liberties associated with quarantine and isolation, the role of DoD, and potential military responses to the anonymous attack. Fourteen participants and 60 observers witnessed terrorism/warfare in slow motion. During the thirteen days of the game, the disease spread to 25 states and 15 other countries. With tensions rising in the Taiwan Straits, and a major crisis developing in Southwest Asia, a smallpox outbreak was confirmed by the CDC in Oklahoma City. (See also: Article: Shining Light on Dark Winter) On June 22-23, 2001, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, the ANSER Institute for Homeland Security, and the Oklahoma City National Memorial Institute for the Prevention Terrorism, hosted a senior-level war game examining the national security, intergovernmental, and information challenges of a biological attack on the American homeland. It is a teaching and training resource for public health and government officials. The inputs experts used for modeling the potential impact were fictional.
This training tabletop exercise is based on a fictional scenario.
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