Posted on 06/08/2010 4:53:28 AM PDT by Notary Sojac
NEW YORK (WABC) -- You've probably heard the slogan "See Something, Say Something." Now it appears potential terrorists hope that you do, just to see the response.
Suspicious bags, some provoking a cautious response, were checked out in large numbers in the weeks after the failed Times Square bombing attempt.
Bomb expert Kevin Barry with 20 years experience in the NYPD says the bags could be filled not with bombs, but with innocuous items like water bottles or socks.
The potential terrorists would be watching the response.
"After every major incident there will be a spike in calls because people become more nervous and there is more reporting of suspicious items," Barry said.
Putting more emphasis, security experts say, on the slogan "see something, say something."
"People are becoming more suspicious, more vigilant and that results in more calls. We understand that happens and we are prepared to respond," police commissioner Ray Kelly said.
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It's every bit as much a terrorist victory if we over-react and close down our open society as it is if a bomb kills innocents.
Why not just ratchet down the response and treat every suspicious package as a suspicious package and not a potential bomb?
These are the people our Government and the overwhelming preponderance of the “Liberal” establishment support against Israel.
Hell, that's why I blog. . .
What would the Israelis do?
That’s the Big Sh*tty - all Libtards, all the time.
Let MadMo’s boys terrorize them. When they have had enough, they will stop being Libtards. Until then, they are the rightful prey of MadMo’d followers, and all the other varieties of criminals who care to prey on them.
Those who are too cowardly to protect themselves, and so evil as to disarm both themselves and all those who live in their “Shining City of Socialism”, richly deserve all the violations of their rights which the world heaps upon their pointy little heads.
I don’t know why we don’t go the gun control route and just outlaw suspicious packages.
Don’t forget about the suspicious hags. They even got one into the White House.
Litterbug = Terrorist?
Yup...a long admired tried and true military tactic called ‘probing’.
What is Helen Thomas hanging out at the airport?
Remember how the Mooninites took Boston, without firing a shot??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_bomb_scare
Vigilance is not necessarily our friend, if we !!!ZOMG ITZ A BOMB!!! every time an unattended parcel is found anywhere in America, I do not think we are actually rendered safer.
Especially plastic grocery bags. /s
I could see bad guys placing 20 bags around and then hitting a place they really target. Semper Fi
bags full of bacon and sausage left around local Mosques would be a nice response....
This is exactly what happens when our response is based on policy and procedure not investigate and take action.
1. Policy say, treat all suspicious items like major threats.
2. Procedure says, evacuate the area, call in bomb squad to determine actual threat then do something.
as opposed to
1. Investigate, check out suspicious bag
2. Action , pick up trash and put in nearby trash can .
Ever wonder why TSA never catches any suspicious people? TSA has announced what they’re looking for and where they’re looking!!!
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