Posted on 06/18/2002 8:51:37 AM PDT by white trash redneck
The media in America is playing into the hands of terrorists, feeding them information that could help them stage more deadly attacks against the U.S. - and in the eyes of a top government terrorism expert what they've done amounts to treason.
Dennis Pluchinsky, a veteran intelligence analyst with the Diplomatic Security Service in the U.S. Department of State minces no words: "I accuse the media in the United States of treason," he wrote in the Washington Post.
"As a terrorism analyst, I am both appalled and confused by many of the post-9/11 articles published at home and abroad, in newspapers, news magazines and academic journals, as well as on the Internet."
According to Pluchinsky, many stories in the media have shown potential terrorists where America is most vulnerable. He cites these headlines which have appeared since 9/11: "Private Plane Charters: One Way Around Air Security," "Suicidal Nuclear Threat Is Seen At Weapons Plants," "Priority Required for Protecting Utilities," "NRC Warns of Missing Radioactive Materials," "Freight Transport: Safe from Terror?" "Chemical Plants Are Feared As Targets," "America's Roads May Be Just As Vulnerable As Its Skies," "Study Assesses Risk of Attack on Chemical Plants," "Terror Risk Cited for Cargo Carried on Passenger Jets: 2 Reports List Security Gaps," and "Truck Terrorism Possible, U.S. Says: Investigation Finds Lack of Licensing Safeguards."
Some of the stories have explicitly provided, in great detail, information of tactical use to Terrorists. He explained that our enemies simply don't have the means or ability to do the research required concerning potential targets and charged that the media "and certain think tankers and academicians," have done the legwork for potential terrorists.
He writes that he cannot understand what the media's agenda is, noting that America is at war and wonders if anyone could have conceived of our World War II enemies being given the most sensitive information in the pages of American newspapers during that conflict.
Terrorists, he explains, get their information from publicly available sources or from their personal observations. They have, he says, no other way to learn what they must learn about possible targets. The media has been a rich source for them.
After conceding that a charge of treason is a bit strong, he wrote "As a concerned terrorism analyst, I say the following to the media: You are making the jobs of terrorism analysts, intelligence officers and law enforcement officials very difficult. Help us, don't hinder us from defeating our enemies."
The "Ostrich Defense" never works, just as it didn't work for the FBI and FAA to ignore the use of jetliners as cruise missiles.
Better to put the vulnerabilities on the table and plug the gaps, or at least be ready with responses, than to be caught flat footed like the head buried ostrich we were on 9-11.
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