I keep pointing out that, given how easy it would be to blow up the midtown tunnel, for instance (never mind just taking a backhoe out into the middle of nowhere and digging up a fiber sheath), the very fact that we don't see stuff blowing up all the time is proof that there really aren't that many terrorists out there. In other words, on 9/11 we lost a solid % of them. As a corollary, if a person is smart enough to get into the US and then be able to sustain themselves economically (never mind go to college or graduate school), the desirability of blowing oneself up goes way down. This means then that it probably gets pretty easy to run out of legitimate TERROR! to investigate and protect us poor, terrified Americans from. Look for some staged terrorist incidents by guys looking to protect their jobs ("LOOK! Someone threw a garbage with the Afghan flag on it through the window of the 7-11 last night!!!") -TD
From: pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz (Peter Gutmann) To: cypherpunks@jfet.org, jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com Subject: Re: U.S. Eyes Antiterror Rules for Small Jets and Boats Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:05:55 +1200
Sarad AV <jtrjtrjtr2001@yahoo.com> writes:
Aren't there a zillion ways to terrorize people. What's so special about planes and boats?
That's where the light is at the moment, so they're looking there. DHS insiders have told me that the next target is going to be pancakes. And after that, people who own dogs whose names begin with 'B'. After that, who knows.
Peter.
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