[hummingbird]

I can't say that I disagree with the premise of the article. Just about anyone with a good imagination and basic understanding of global affairs can make predictions with respect to potential attacks, which are broad enough to link the predicted attack with an event that actually occurs somewhere around the world, and then attribute the difference between what was predicted to happen and what actually happened (or what never happened) to top secret inside information that can't be disclosed because of national security reasons; or better yet, claim that the attack never occurred because of the secret information that the person who made the prediction passed to his or her undisclosed sources deep within the CIAFBINSAATFDHSTSA. (I know this is a run-on sentence, but that's the kind of mood I'm in at the moment.) :-)

Agree, Labyrinthos, with one caveat...people should be prepared at all times to protect themselves and their family (and maybe a neighbor or two) in the event any trouble comes along...whether its the weather, grocery workers strike, getting "punked" by EOM or Daleel, etc. C'mon, hands up everyone who was ever a Boy or Girl Scout...we were taught to 'be prepared.' And, it will do much to allay free-falling fears knowing that at least you have made some provision in case of any emergency. (I'm going now to find my GS bracelet as a reminder to practice what I preach!)

[Labyrinthos]

Re Post 13,306. We're on the same page. Being prepared, however, does not require us to blindly follow every self-proclaimed internet spook who thinks there is going to be an attack on a specific date, but refuses to give the specifics behind the warning and then, when the attack doesn't happen, hides behind his or her top secret sources, which he or she cannot divulge, to justrify the non-event and then pick a new target date for the sky to fall.