The Russians cannot account for their nukes, but why should we trust those gangsters as they load rods onto ships headed for Iran?
because alqaeda is as much a threat to russia as it is to the US, the russians wouldn't sell them the nukes
but if individual commanders did, the tracks could be easily picked up from there.
Well you'd have to first of all prioritize the al qaeda threat from the most deadly to the least deadly and dedicate your efforts accordingly
1- WMD's would pose the most significant al qaeda threat. this has to be dealt with better security At WMD sources ,so that they don't fall into al qaeda hands in the first place.
2- Sky jackings would be the next most significant threat. this should be addressed with better security at airports from which flights to the US originate, plus security on the flights themselves.
3- Wherever the terrorists enter from, Explosives within the US should be tightly controlled from falling into terror hands.
3- I would presume by now, we have good US airport and port security in place, so the alqaeda threat would be most likely to originate from mexico or canada.
this can be most effectively addressed by first preventing their entrty into canada and mexico and then tightening the security at US-mexican and US-canadian border.
Both the mexican and canadian govts should be urged and helped to tighten their border and airport, and port security.
I would expect them to use third countries to gain entry into the US, if they find US security too tight.
The best measures would be to prevent the terrorists from entering mexico and canda itself.
it would be good to recruit hispanic intelligence cadres to hunt al qaeda both in mexico and in islamic countries where hispanics could easily blend in with the muslims.
4- if all these measures are effective terrorists could still strike at US interests abroad.
But whatever security we implement, it has to be prioritized to first address large scale harm and then focus on the most likely routes.