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more about Boston controversy: my Boston Globe op-ed on technological lessons
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 17:17:11 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "W. David Stephenson" <wdavidstephenson () gmail com> Date: February 2, 2007 12:28:10 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: more about Boston controversy: my Boston Globe op-ed on technological lessons
Reply-To: wdavidstephenson () gmail com To: Dave Farber From: W. David StephensonI saw Lauren Weinstein's reaction to the Boston incidents, and, as a homeland security consultant, must say the Boston police acted exactly as they should have, especially since these idiots (I choose the word knowingly) put one of them on a bridge abutment under an Interstate and adjacent to a subway station: exactly the kind of high- damage target that the police must take seriously. Add in the others on bridges, and I'm adamant: it was absolutely wrong, (BTW, I'm staggered by the number of their sympathizers who've attacked me for telling them to grow up. Tough luck, kiddies, it's post 9/11. No apologies on my part).
Meanwhile, I wrote an op-ed in today's Boston Globe that does say the authorities need to bring young people into the terrorism and natural disaster response network, especially since they are the masters of innovative use of networked personal communication devices and apps that could be crucial in ad hoc communications after a disaster.
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