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By: The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Soft Target(s)

The Florida Masochist » Blog Archive » Soft Target(s) — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:07:54 +0000

[...] The blogosphere has had much fun with this news. Below the Beltway is happy to know Amish popcorn is safe. Dr. Taylor wishes government spokespeople would just admit a screw-up has happened. Alex at OTB makes note of HS still not deducing that the Statue of Liberty is a national monumnet. [...]

By: The Bullwinkle Blog » Blog Archive » Soft Target(s)

The Bullwinkle Blog » Blog Archive » Soft Target(s) — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:01:09 +0000

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:55:58 +0000

Soft Target(s)...

HS is often a soft target for us bloggers.

Now step back from this story and think for a minute....

By: Below The Beltway

Below The Beltway — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:22:52 +0000

Misplaced Priorities...

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By: Patrick McGuire

Patrick McGuire — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:24:45 +0000

What! Another government department is revealed to be inept and incompetent! Say it isn't so.

By: Richard Gardner

Richard Gardner — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:46:32 +0000

hlswatch in the comment above has an interesting link in his/her/their blog to the NYT's article on this
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/12/washington/12assets.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

I stand corrected in my assessment. This stuff matters - the more crap you can put into the database, the more money you get. If your locality can't figure out that your petting zoo is a terrorist target, no money for you.

hlswatch above has more.

By: hlswatch

hlswatch — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:27:23 +0000

My take on the IG report, at my homeland security-focused blog:

http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/07/12/dhs-critical-assets-amish-popcorn-kangaroos-and-trees-of-mystery/

By: Richard Gardner

Richard Gardner — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 06:23:26 +0000

I have a conceptual problem with critical infrastructure surveys ever since I was involved with them in 1999. Really what does listing a bunch of potential targets do for you if you don't do anything with the list? And what can you do besides restrict access? Sorry folks, all the National Parks are potential targets, so we can't let you visit! Do that and they have won. 90% of these lists are the obvious, and if they miss an obvious, so what? This is like a Letterman Top 10 list. Bureaucrats think making lists is a positive action.

However, there is a value to making these lists on occasion. An example I can think of is a manhole cover in a city I will not name. Under this manhole are critical telephone and Internet connections (nodes) in the middle of the country. I know that today because of a similar review, this manhole is alarmed, and has surveillance cameras should the alarm go off.

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Tempus Fugit Blog [ Tempus Fugit | TxFx.net ] — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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