Oops! Homeland Security report accidently posted online
By The Associated Press
(3/17/05 - WASHINGTON) — Whoops! The agency that is in charge of protecting the nation has a bit of egg on its face.

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A confidential report to alert states about a variety of possible terrorist scenarios has ended up being posted on several states' public Web sites. The postings have since been removed -- but not before causing embarrassment for federal security officials.

The department has been working for a year on a National Planning Scenarios plan that outlines a number of plausible attacks. Among the possible attacks discussed are those using nerve gas, anthrax, pneumonic plague and truck bomb. The report will eventually be made public -- within months.