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To: Dbdaily
The Super Bowl hasn't been designated a special security event, but it is something we are aware of," he said.

They obviously don't read much Tom Clancy.

10 posted on 01/20/2004 9:26:09 AM PST by jimt
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To: jimt
Charles Bishra/Bishop included such a threat against the 2002 Super Bowl in his suicide note (Charles was the Tampa teen who crashed a stolen plane into a bank building). His note was not released until after the Super Bowl had been played.

I'll be getting out of town that weekend, primarily because of the additional congestion/crowding in Houston (as well as price gouging) but I've acknowleged that we could be a target. 1 billion people watch the Super Bowl. This time it is on President Bush's "home turf" (Texas) and his father has a home here.

I don't think we'd see a radioactive, biologiocal, or chemical strike. There may not even be any attack on the stadium proper. Hitting the refineries would impact the economy and American's fuel production. The national media would still be here to cover the event/tragedy.

Then again, Houston was one of the first cities destroyed in the movie Independence Day and it wasn't a "big deal". New York and LA will always generate more attention and sympathy. If it happens in flyover country, it's a "regretable loss". If it happens on the coasts it's a "national tragedy".

12 posted on 01/20/2004 11:50:31 AM PST by weegee
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To: jimt; Travis McGee; Eaker; humblegunner; Flyer
Sum of all Fears...

Executive Decisions...

And the best one of them all!!! (shameless plug! hehehe)

Enemies Foreign and Domestic...

Later,
Steve

33 posted on 01/20/2004 5:27:01 PM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans)
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