What do you mean, I can't go there?

[Bob Schroeck]

...and because by the nature of the beast, government reaction to terrorist acts is almost always to impede the last thing that worked, rather than anticipate new things that might be tried. It's easier (and better press, and easier to explain) to do something sweeping and overreactive and say, "Now, never again!" than work on prevention for things that might not happen. It's the Y2K problem again -- if your work is successful, you can never prove it was needed. And if something happens you didn't anticipate, you will be blamed out of proportion to your role in failing to prevent it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.