tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post3278601599765700244..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Next "Spectacular"George Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-2285659208988781612007-07-04T15:41:00.000-04:002007-07-04T15:41:00.000-04:00Let's face it. Polciy makers, and even witting ped...Let's face it. Polciy makers, and even witting pedestrians, know that the public can yawn out with 'Alert Fatigue'. Considering that, even among colleagues it doesn't take much for any intelligence organ to sag in credibility.<BR/>There is such an air of complacency that few realize that we've been damn lucky.<BR/>But most important of all among the invisible factors is the vetting of intelligence, a process the 'mouth-across-the street' will never understand. It takes careful planting, watering and nuturing to develop an asset.<BR/>Our contemporaries not only demand instant gratification, but add-water-and-stir solution as well.<BR/><BR/>But, the times are fast moving and desparate. As Cicero lamented, "O' Tempores! O' Mores!"David Barry O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08331007985962351381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-14591495591023021832007-07-03T21:30:00.000-04:002007-07-03T21:30:00.000-04:00Heck, everyone knows they are trying to hit the US...Heck, everyone knows they are trying to hit the US with a big bang, just like every patient in my clinic knew it was Osama the minute the second plane hit.<BR/>What I wonder is how many attacks have been stopped?<BR/>Here in the Philippines, two car bombs were found before they blew up, and there was no publicity...Nancy Reyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910134058143426327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-35968532065868664052007-07-03T13:05:00.000-04:002007-07-03T13:05:00.000-04:00Consider another possibility - that Brian Ross got...Consider another possibility - that Brian Ross got it wrong or reported it wrong.<BR/><BR/>You figure which is more likely.Dan Hossleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06463184504943482525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-84937382479559662152007-07-03T12:35:00.000-04:002007-07-03T12:35:00.000-04:00I believe you missed another possibility. That of ...I believe you missed another possibility. That of (d) The warning was passed along, but it was too vague to suggest any useful course of action. If all you get is "Terrorists planning to attack Glasgow and Karachi airports" then you do... what? When? More guards at the gate? More random inspections of passengers? Metal detectors for all staff, not just contractors?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816254984278919970noreply@blogger.com