This post actually combines thoughts on two topics. First, the U.S. Senate voted against more Homeland Security funding for New York and Washington, DC.
Then, the Department of Homeland Security released a deeply flawed list of potential terrorist targets.
Included on this list were an insect zoo, a bourbon festival, a bean fest and a kangaroo conservation center. Because terrorists clearly hate kangaroos.
But they love the Statue of Liberty and would never have any desire to attack it, why else would it not be on the list? Same thing goes for Times Square, the Empire State Building, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
Senator Charles Schumer of New York had this to say: "I've been to petting zoos when I was a kid and I took my children to petting zoos and I never saw a terrorist hiding behind one of the sheep in Little Bo Peep's flock."
Here's my other question about all of this. Why are we releasing lists of potential terrorist targets? Isn't this just giving terrorists ideas? What if they had never considered bombing a petting zoo or a bean fest before?
If Congress is going to get all up in arms if the New York Times mentions a terrorist tracing tactic that is already widely known, surely the distribution of this list should be punished as well. If that kangaroo conservation center is attacked, blood will be on the Department of Homeland Security's hands.
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posted by Jonathan @ 10:00 PM
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
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