Comments on: The Anything’s Possible Counterterrorism Strategy http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:03:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: govlove123 http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89699 govlove123 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:20:08 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89699 Interesting point. I was reading an article regarding new rules on driver's licenses and have to agree that this anti-terrorist surge will eventually erode our sense of community. The article explained legistlation in which licenses will be required to follow REAL ID Act rules or else they will not be valid for air travel. Such legistlation was made to make government identification harder for terrorists to get. This will not be enforced until 2014 and will exclude those over fifty until 2017. States will also be able to choose which security features such as computer chips to place into their cards. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/01/11/real.id.ap/index.html Interesting point. I was reading an article regarding new rules on driver’s licenses and have to agree that this anti-terrorist surge will eventually erode our sense of community. The article explained legistlation in which licenses will be required to follow REAL ID Act rules or else they will not be valid for air travel. Such legistlation was made to make government identification harder for terrorists to get. This will not be enforced until 2014 and will exclude those over fifty until 2017. States will also be able to choose which security features such as computer chips to place into their cards.

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]]> By: William R. Cumming http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89222 William R. Cumming Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:04:20 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89222 Bowen's blog seems quite intelligent and of interest to more than law enforcement professionals. Bowen’s blog seems quite intelligent and of interest to more than law enforcement professionals.

]]> By: John Bowen http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89205 John Bowen Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:27:30 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89205 Thanks for this post, Jonah. I agree with your thesis. FYI I felt compelled to write a response, <a href="http://hometownsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/01/we-see-nothing-we-see-nothing.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for this post, Jonah. I agree with your thesis.

FYI I felt compelled to write a response, here.

]]> By: William R. Cumming http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89189 William R. Cumming Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:04:14 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/01/09/the-%e2%80%9canything%e2%80%99s-possible%e2%80%9d-counterterrorism-strategy/#comment-89189 Interesting post. Chock full of goodies. Whatever level of effort is decided to be appropriate there never will be a foolproof system. Still the failure since 9/11 to truly adopt a bottom-up approach leveraging as many applicable assets as possible has only led to fraud, waste, abuse, and essentially a failed effort. At the local level, absent federal standards and guidance, whether or not voluntary, most of the money has been wasted. Very little effort was placed in the category of taking the US governmental and private system including NGO's and figuring out who has what capability and does it need improvement or fuller integration into a system of response, prevention (mitigation & preparedness)and short-term and long term recovery. It is a big country and with an additonal 200M in population this century, more needs to be done. Catastrophe looms if brainpower is not applied. Interesting post. Chock full of goodies. Whatever level of effort is decided to be appropriate there never will be a foolproof system. Still the failure since 9/11 to truly adopt a bottom-up approach leveraging as many applicable assets as possible has only led to fraud, waste, abuse, and essentially a failed effort. At the local level, absent federal standards and guidance, whether or not voluntary, most of the money has been wasted. Very little effort was placed in the category of taking the US governmental and private system including NGO’s and figuring out who has what capability and does it need improvement or fuller integration into a system of response, prevention (mitigation & preparedness)and short-term and long term recovery. It is a big country and with an additonal 200M in population this century, more needs to be done. Catastrophe looms if brainpower is not applied.

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