Saturday, April 10, 2004

The safety lie

Thought about our terror problems:We are vulnerable, extremely so. A single gunman walked into a police station with a handgun. This caused evacuation, confusion and action of at least 100 people, the press, traffic and money. Thats just one idiot with a personal problem and no agenda.Now, take an extremist or soeone with a plan and a purpose and a death wish. Multiply that times 100, in 100 cities, acting all at once.Add, one plane, one subway, a few selective accidents blocking highways with a tractor, or trailer, or farm truck. Complicate that with a blackout because of a hacked computer or something as stupid as a blown tower known as a main thoroughfare in the grid.There are tv shows exploiting our vulnerabilities, Threat Matrix, Navy CSI, movies that foretll of terrorist dirty bombs.

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