[petitfour]

It looks like the Bush admin inherited a haphazard approach to the whole terrorism on the homefront problem. The Clinton admin was set to take the lead on this because they were the first admin to be Cold War-less. And what did they do for eight years?

Something else I find interesting is the whole focus on WMD and bioterrorism which are certainly a threat. However, how did the terr'ists hit us? With commercial airplanes and boxcutters. There were enough biohazards in the structure of the WTC to affect NYers for years and years. It is sort of like David hitting Goliath with a stone. We tend to think BIG when it comes to how an enemy will hurt us. However, much havoc can be wreaked with every day stuff, and we cannot defend against such. Unless we can identify the enemy and eliminate him/her from our country. I know that we are making inroads in such. I hope that our eyes and ears are open to all possibilities.

[piasa]

However, how did the terr'ists hit us? With commercial airplanes and boxcutters

... and anthrax (2001) and ricin (2002 & 2003) and cyanide (1993 WTC1)

Fortunately for us they aren't very good at using these items. So far, anyway. And perhaps we stopped them from improving their skills by preventing further state sponsorship of their efforts. We wouldn't know an aflatoxin attack until years later when the cancer shows up- while it's not a good bioweapon for an army, for people intent on a cultural & religious war, it just might be right up their alley. Let's hope they did't obtain any of that stuff in Iraq, the one state which made quite a bit of it even though its utility as a military weapon is about nil.