[IP] more on NYC to search transit riders' bags -- but ...
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: July 22, 2005 10:08:32 AM EDT
To: krulwich@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, lauren@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] NYC to search transit riders' bags -- but ...
Bruce,
I agree with you 100% about the likely shift in targets, and in fact
that was a key point in my original discussion. And the actions of
the security guards you describe are as heroic as their deaths are
tragic. However, I can't detect anything at all "flip" about my
referenced comments -- so I'm a bit mystified by your closing
sentence. In any case, my point is that I'm asking for the
authorities to stop treating us like children when it comes to what
they're saying about the real risks and the true effectiveness
(or lack thereof) of the public measures they're taking in these
regards.
--Lauren--
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Dave,
I just got back from a visit to the NY area (I live in Israel), and
agree that
anti-terror policies in the U.S. seem silly and ineffective. But
in response
to:
And most depressingly, exactly how will this policy prevent
suicide bombers (presumably a key demographic) from exploding
their payloads in the terminals prior to or during inspections,
or bombers in general simply shifting from mass transit to any
number of other "soft" targets around the metropolitan area
(sidewalks? stores? shopping centers? Times Square?)
On the one hand, I think it's clear that if/when terrorist get
serious about
terrorizing Americans, they'll avoid the so-called "big targets"
completely
and hit run-of-the-mill supermarkets in all the "Podunk Iowa"'s of the
country. This will avoid security and will more effectively terrorize
Americans. In Israel there have been virtually zero terrorist acts
at major
government or military places, or at "big targets," they've all
been targets
close to entry points or targets that were easy.
On the other hand, over a dozen Israeli security guards at coffee
shops have
given their lives so that terrorists would explode outside coffee
shops
instead of inside, resulting in much less loss of life. So let's
watch the
flip comments a bit.
--Bruce
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