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Originally posted by getreadyalready
Being vigilant and prepared and informed is not "living in fear" and the ones that need to grow up are the ones wearing rose-colored glasses!
I, too, evaluate all the people in a crowd when I enter a room, I look for weapons, and exits, and odd groups of people. I listen to the conversations around me, and I sit or stand where I can see the entrances and exits!
Originally posted by ModernAcademia
Sounds almost a state of emergency to me
Originally posted by jd140
I look for suspicous activity anytime I go to a place that is overly crowded. When I go to a restaurant I sit with my back against the back wall and face the door.
This is sheer paranoia and NOT a way to live
I rather keep my eye out for corrupt politicians to throw pies at
This is believing the facade that has been painted for you by the same govt. that gave you the record for the most govt. overthrows and subsidizing of terroists.
Originally posted by getreadyalready Better yet, they have caused us to surrender our freedoms to our own government in the name of security!!
If I were a terrorist, i could grin at that!
Originally posted by Crakeur
On the flip side, this morning I walked to work, heading down Lexington, passing the hotels where most of the dignitaries stay. Lots of black SUV's, tons of secret service and they were letting everyone walk right on thru. If some dude with a backpack bomb wanted to, he'd have been able to blow himself up ten feet from the front of the hotel.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
I agree on one point though. If the terrorists want to "win" they should attack our way of life like the DC Sniper! Large public targets make good TV, but a couple of serial killers or snipers or random acts centered around shopping areas and entertainment venues could destroy the economy in weeks!! If they make us scared to SHOP, then we are doomed!
Originally posted by Retseh
All they have to do is throw a hand grenade into a crowded bar, and you've got national chaos.
what's intresting to me is, with all the surveillance going on with wire taps on ALL the phones wired & wireless, internet, airport security, US Mail opening/scanning most the inbound/outbound mail, email sniffing with 90% of the email providers, etc, etc..
and what would be the percentage chance of actually having a terrorists get away with the act WITHOUT being caught.. or better yet, actually being able to even begin to pull it off ....
I think I smell a rat .. *grin*
Originally posted by rogerstigers
Remember readers, in this new United States, a rumor of a terror threat can be much more effective than the real thing.
Surveillance Teams "Stretched Thin" with More Than 24 Possible Suspects.
"I have never been so worried," said one senior law enforcement official with more than a dozen years of experience in counter-terrorism investigations.
Originally posted by kiwifoot
Stadiums, Hotels Warned to Watch for Terrorists
abcnews.go.com
(visit the link for the full news article)
Counterterrorism officials have issued security bulletins to police around the nation about terrorist interest in attacking stadiums, entertainment complexes and hotels — the latest in a flurry of such internal warnings as investigators chase a possible bomb plot in Denver and New York.
Erm...What does a terrorist look like these days?