This is not the Prussian general staff. They don't think about operations the way we think about operations.
If we're going to fly them, put passengers in them, luggage, freight, parcels, then we're going to make hundreds of compromises with security. It's only a question of how many compromises.
The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising.
I'll get today out of the way first before deciding on a final plan of attack, but it's probably either the Hawkes Bay Guineas next or the Caulfield Guineas.
I would suspect, ... that the odds of being killed as a result of a terrorist use of biological substances are even greater than that.
Terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s was carried out by relatively discreet, identifiable groups, ... Terrorism in the 1990s is carried out by ad hoc conspiracies.
We are now dealing with many little al-Qaidas with the potential of neighborhood al-Qaidas. They may not be able to carry out specialized operations ... but they can still operate at a lethal level.
These threats are real, ... but the increased probability of a terrorist attack does not increase the risks to any single individual.
It is a great source of concern when any of these procedures are not being followed. One is always going to find a violation here or there, but an indication that ignoring the rules is widespread practice is shocking and deplorable.
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