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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Hijackings, in the traditional sense, we've long been aware of. The best you can say is that airport security got really lazy and didn't detect the weapons used when brought through security. But that's not an intelligence failure.
And there's a critical difference in response. At best, the difference saves one of the two towers and the pentagon, because even if the fighters reach the planes, until one was crashed into a building, it was assumed they were the "usual" hijackings of the "take me to cuba" type.
But I guess that all future hijackers are screwed now, because basically you'll get shot down if you get anywhere near anything. So much for freeing Mumia.
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If Rice said what you said I would not disagree. It's the "it was unthinkable" line of argument that I find to be pretty lame. The preventative measures for each would be the same (not cutting back the federal air marshal program to the brink of eradication, for example), so I'm skeptical of anyone who tries to tell me they are so different in kind.
I just don't like my country's national security advisor talking about a terror attack plan like it was wholly beyond our powers of comprehension. It's not like they got us by figuring out cold fusion.
