THANKS FOR THE INCONVENIENCE

New York Post ^ | 1/06/04 | MARC K. SIEGEL

[kattracks]

January 6, 2004 -- MY flight was delayed for six hours last Wednesday, and I and several of my fellow passengers were glad: They're taking security seriously enough to inconvenience us.

The need for this inconvenience was driven home to me recently in Sarasota, Fla., where I spoke with Mohammad Atta's doctor and the flight instructor of Ziyad Al-Jarrah, one of the hijackers of Flight 93.

[observer5]

"I asked Kruithof if there was some way to pick out a terrorist, someone who intended you great harm."

Here is a hint: A follower of ISLAM

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[Stirner]

"caught in Curacao"

I thought Binalshibh had been caught in Pakistan. Did he earlier get picked up in Curacao (Carribean) and get released?

[reformedliberal]

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[Prime Choice]

Our intelligence agencies won't make that mistake again. They've learned.

I wish I could share the author's sunny outlook. My experience with intelligence agencies suggests a far more grim view is in order. Time has a way of steadily reducing diligence until the next Massively Undeniable Screw-Up That Kills Enough People hits.

[Valin]

Here is a hint: A follower of ISLAM

And how do you find that out?