[IP] more on AP: Miniature Golf Course on Terror Target Lis
Begin forwarded message:
From: Krulwich <krulwich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 11, 2005 12:10:00 AM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] AP: Miniature Golf Course on Terror Target Lis
Reply-To: krulwich@xxxxxxxxx
Dave,
I don't know anything about golfland or about the Homeland Security
list, but
the point of almost all worldwide terror isn't strategic targets, but to
instill terror. Almost no terrorist acts in Israel have been strategic
targets, almost all have been malls and supermarkets and coffee
shops. And
those sure instilled terror, just ask Jerusalem restaurant owners (or
former
owners).
Of course, the fact that the US government responded as it did shows
that it
misses the whole point of terror. The focus on "strategic targets"
means that
the government is ignoring true security against terrorism. Luckily
terrorists have been ignoring the US until now, hopefully that will
continue.
--Bruce
--- David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Paul Saffo <paul@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 10, 2005 9:15:28 PM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: AP: Miniature Golf Course on Terror Target Lis
Wanna bet the Feds blame this on a computer error?
-p
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Miniature Golf Course on Terror Target List
Posted: December 9, 2005 at 5:59 p.m.
SAN JOSE (AP) -- San Jose officials are still wondering how a
miniature golf course landed on a federal list of the most attractive
terrorist targets.
Local officials said Thursday they were shocked to learn that Emerald
Hills Golfland, a three-acre theme park with two miniature golf
courses, had been placed on a Homeland Security watch list.
"The moment we realized it was on the list, it was taken off," said
San Jose police officer Rubens Dalaison, who handles "critical
infrastructure assessment" for the department. "I myself took it off."
But the list remains secret, and even San Jose Congresswoman Zoe
Lofgren, who is the ranking minority member of a House subcommittee
on terrorism risk assessment, said she did not know whether it is
still listed.
"We had a subcommittee hearing with department officials before
Thanksgiving and I asked, `What's going on with the list?' and they
couldn't answer," she said. "I do not know if Golfland is on the list
today or not. It's so embarrassing."
(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
http://www.kron.com/Global/story.asp?S=4226663
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