A Little Security Goes a Long Way

Posted on September 12, 2006 in Accountability Terrorism

I enjoy reading Bruce Schneier’s blog because he is a voice of reason in matters of security. To mark yesterday’s anniversary, the New York Times asked several experts about the dearth of terrorist attacks in the last five years. Bruce was one of the many they asked, but his remarks did not make print:

Despite what you see in the movies and on television, it’s actually very difficult to execute a major terrorist act. It’s hard to organize, plan, and execute an attack, and it’s all too easy to slip up and get caught. Combine that with our intelligence work tracking terrorist cells and interdicting terrorist funding, and you have a climate where major attacks are rare. In many ways, the success of 9/11 was an anomaly; there were many points where it could have failed. The main reason we haven’t seen another 9/11 is that it isn’t as easy as it looks.

Which goes to show that the Bush Admistration screwed up in the months preceding 9/11 in a big way.

This article on our desensitization to invading the privacy of others also deserves a read.