Verton on Schneier

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rslade () sprint ca>]

www.itsecuritymagazine.com/its/Editors%20Desk/verton_opinion_schneier_09150
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> Bruce Schneier: Wrong About Katrina, Wrong About Terrorism

> First off, no amount of money could have made up for the leadership
> failure at all levels of government that led to the post-Katrina
> response disaster.

I think we may have read different articles by Schneier.  The one that I read did 
not imply that throwing money at the problem would fix it: it said that the money 
that had been spent had been spent incorrectly.

> Mr. Schneier wants Americans to believe that terrorists and hurricanes
> are alike, and that if we can properly prepare for one we will be
> prepared for the other.

Schneier said that after a hurricane landfall you have destruction and people who 
are shocked, dismayed, and need help, and that after a terrorist attack you have 
destruction and people who are shocked, dismayed, and need help.  It may seem 
odd to Mr. Verton, but this appears to be true in many cases.

> Finally, hurricanes are not gathering in far away places conspiring to
> acquire weapons of mass destruction and planning ways to smuggle those
> weapons into the United States.

But hurricanes do seem to spend an inordinate amount of time in the Bermuda 
Triangle.  Perhaps Mr. Verton should devote some time looking into this issue.  It 
would seem to be as conducive to productive thought as the material he has 
created so far.


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