You want surreal, consider the potential of introducting a biological vector into the nation's wheat belt. Mad cow, hoof and mouth. A checmial agent into a major water supply. How about Small Pox introducted into the air filtration system of a major airport...how quickly would that spread across the nation.
And you are crying that the threat of the government tapping into your e-mail is more serious then the potential harm such attacks would cause our nation? Don't you think it's about time your turned loose of your prejudicies against the government and woke up to the reality of the war.
Carpet bombing women and children in Afghanistan will prevent this? National ID cards will prevent this? The new "Homeland Defense" nazi will prevent this? Just what are you saying here?
It is my recommendation to look at every angle with suspicion. This is something I learned during the Klinton Administration. What is America's current foreign policy and how does it differ from Clinton's foreign policy. I believe you'll find the differences staggeringly minute.
Regards,
Callahan
As real as it sounds it is far less likely than a chem/bio threat to our population. We are currently in a lockdown for crop dusters and they are on a heightened alert. And even if they do achieve a laydown on a portion of our very large counrty it's likely it wouldn't affect a great segment of the population. Not to mention that infecting crops is long term attack and one that would take at least one season to affect.
Mad cow, hoof and mouth.
Stay away from the countryside (Foot and Mouth - the management of a pseudo-crisis.)
A checmial agent into a major water supply.
Cholera would be a good choice but you would need tons of the stuff to make it worth it and needless to say the days of Arab looking guys driving dump trucks in to headwaters or resevoirs is unlikely. Fish and Wildlife and BLM have been tasked to deal with it as we speak. And by the time it made it to your tap it would have been filtered and treated away.
How about Small Pox introducted into the air filtration system of a major airport...how quickly would that spread across the nation.
Hard to tell. While highly contagious it does have a lengthy incubation period. Be more afraid of chimera or recombinant agents which are combinations or cocktails of differant viruses like rhinovirus/smallpox/filovirus which would have a fast affect and stealthy symptoms which would set back diagnosis and thus affect health workers. Not to mention any combination being weaponized and as such no vaccine would work. The big question is how would these agents get introduced in to an airport these days?
I'm not saying it's possible but it's getting less possible with each passing day. And that has nothing to do with legislation but more to do with the awareness of the American people.
And by the way did you threaten Demidog in an email when you asked him his home address?