If your message here is, let's put the rhetoric aside and get real with our homeland security, I agree, but nothing short of a Orwellian state where there are video cameras and robots watching us 24/7 is going to assure our protection. But how are we going to have even a modicum of surveillance if there is widespread dissent against the Patriot Act?
I'm sorry to say this, but our complacency will not be shaken from its slumber unless there is another homeland attack and a big one.
nick
I'm not looking for a certainty, and civil defense isn't Orwellian, it's civilian. We can considerably minimize our risks with some moderate preparation and guidance. We haven't had it.