Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2249-1001224455-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:57:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 22916 invoked by uid 510); 23 Sep 2001 05:55:18 -0000 Received: from n8.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.58) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 23 Sep 2001 05:55:18 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2249-1001224455-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.221] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2001 05:54:55 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 23 Sep 2001 05:54:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 84094 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2001 05:54:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.221 with QMQP; 23 Sep 2001 05:54:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 23 Sep 2001 05:54:53 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id WAA30654 for iwar@onelist.com; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:54:52 -0700 Message-Id: <200109230554.WAA30654@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 22:54:52 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [SIMSOFT] NPR Commentary (fwd) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <http://www.simson.net/pipermail/simsoft/> Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:00:36 -0400 On Friday at 4:40pm, National Public Radio aired my commentary on the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York City. The NPR show is archived at http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=09/21/2001&PrgID=2. You can hear the commentary using Real Audio by clicking this linke: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010921.atc.13.ram Frankly, I think that my delivery is rather stiff, and you would be better off reading it. Here's the commentary: On the Boston subway last week, the loudspeaker warned me to report any unattended packages. A few miles away at Logan Airport, travelers were being subject for the first time in years to intensive and frequent checks of their IDs. The airport is also closing 2000 parking spaces in its garage under the FAA's new rules, because they are within 300 feet of a terminal. In Washington DC, Congress is making it easier for the FBI to wiretap and intercept email. New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg is calling for the installation of "back doors" in computer encryption programs --- a proposal that's been vigorously opposed by the computer industry as anti-democratic and technically unworkable for more than a decade. As America prepares to make war on global terrorism, it's clear that we have started by making war on business as usual, convenience, and perhaps even some of our freedoms. But it's a mistake to see security at odds with freedom, with our survival hanging in the balance. Of course it's important to be on the constant lookout for terrorists and others who would do us harm, but it's equally important to realize that none of the enhanced security measures that have been proposed or implemented in the wake of the September 11th.tragedy would have prevented that tragedy from happening. >From what we have learned so far, it's clear that the majority of the attackers were in this country legally, with valid passports and visas. They did not have a history of terrorism and they did not have outstanding warrants. Had they been prohibited the use of knives on the airplane, they could have smashed their First Class plates and glasses and used the shards as weapons --- or they could have overpowered the crew with their bare hands. So what could have prevented the tragedy --- and how can we prevent similar acts of terrorism in the future? For starters, airlines and the FAA should be better prepared for dealing with in-flight emergencies. Pilots should be armed with non-lethal weapons such as stun guns. They should have video cameras so they can see what's happening back in the aircraft, and their own bathrooms and galley so that they never need to open the cockpit door. And that door should be made out of steel or unbreakable Kevlar, so that there is no way to force it open. We need to similarly harden the rest of our society. Our warships at sea are equipped with sophisticated anti-missile systems that can detect and shoot down an incoming cruise missile or kamikaze fighter; the Bush administration should deploy similar systems around what's left of the Pentagon and our other landmark skyscrapers, rather than continuing to pursue its National Missile Defense program. Businesses, meanwhile, should start moving their headquarters out of densely-populated target cities like New York and Washington, and to America's second and third-tier cities --- many of which have not participated in the economic boom of past decade. Last Tuesday's attack is the worst ever on US soil, but it won't be the last. We need to be better prepared: these terrorists have bigger aims than blowing up a few innocents on the Boston subway. _______________________________________________ Simsoft mailing list Simsoft@nitroba.com http://www.simson.net/mailman/listinfo/simsoft ------------------------ Yahoo! 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