--- On Sat, 12/26/09, Buhrmaster, Gary <[email protected]> wrote:
> And that rule is that passengers (and crew) will no longer
> sit quietly when threatened.
The attack model has changed. Getting up and saying "Everyone stay in your
seats!" is a non-starter, no-one is hijacking a plane again.
The fact is that this loser would have succeeded if he had built his bomb
better. Security will/should adjust to try to the threat - expect more sensors
and sniffers and more attention on information management.
But messaging is more important than actual security. People have to remember
that as of now you remain more likely to die in an airplane *accident* than you
do in an extremist attack, and in any case you are more likely to be struck by
a passing car while crossing the street. It's like getting network security to
the point where a bad power supply is a bigger threat.
Terrorism isn't about results, it's about sowing FUD. The best sign in my eyes
is that CNN covered a college football coach quitting today instead of spending
the entire day on this story. And the Iranian protests, too - now there's a
much more significant story.
-chris
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