Pilots Group Grades U.S. Aviation Security an 'F'

Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:24:52 GMT, Doug Carter wrote:


I don't want to be an apologist for TSA or any other government agency
but how do you explain the fact that despite numerous attempts the
terrorists have been unable to kill anyone else in this country since 9/11?


and the many years before 9/11 without attacks was only luck?
saying that due to TSA there has been no further attack is a bad argument.


OK, presuming that TSA is ineffective then apparently OBL and Al Queda
have been, for the most part, neutered by their devastating losses in
the Mideast.

Or... perhaps they think an attack every ten years or so will accomplish
something other than getting the remaining dregs of their organization
killed or arrested.

Seems like a good "get out the vote" program would go a lot further
towards making them an effective political force; but then serial
killers generally kill for pleasure, not political gain.

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:29:13 GMT, Doug Carter wrote:

OK, presuming that TSA is ineffective then apparently OBL and Al Queda
have been, for the most part, neutered by their devastating losses in
the Mideast.

well, flying 2 big planes into a skyscraper is only good for propaganda.
horrible pictures for the media.
what would you do if you _really_ want to cause severe damage? think about
infrastructure! think about water, energy, internet, ...

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Martin Hotze wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:29:13 GMT, Doug Carter wrote:


OK, presuming that TSA is ineffective then apparently OBL and Al Qaeda
have been, for the most part, neutered by their devastating losses in
the Mideast.

well, flying 2 big planes into a skyscraper is only good for propaganda.
horrible pictures for the media.

Exactly. The 9/11 attack will go down in history as one of the
century's greatest tactical blunders because of the massive and
effective counter attack against Al Qaeda and stimulus for security
improvements it triggered.

what would you do if you _really_ want to cause severe damage? think about
infrastructure! think about water, energy, internet, ...

Of course. The changes in TSA are trivial compared to what has changed
around the rest of the infrastructure.