Thursday, July 15, 2004
Michelle Malkin points to this chilling personal story about the continuing PC behavior and resulting higher level of danger we all face. As Michelle mentions, this is reminiscent of actor James Woods' experience pre-9/11 when he, post 9/11, came forward to describe his belief that he had been present for a dry-run flight. I've often wondered what that was like. Woods never got into detail in the interviews I saw, having been asked not to by the authorities.
Read this story. It is riveting. It is maddening.
Terror in the Skies, Again? - WomensWallStreet
On June 29, 2004, at 12:28 p.m., I flew on Northwest Airlines flight #327 from Detroit to Los Angeles with my husband and our young son. Also on our flight were 14 Middle Eastern men between the ages of approximately 20 and 50 years old. What I experienced during that flight has caused me to question whether the United States of America can realistically uphold the civil liberties of every individual, even non-citizens, and protect its citizens from terrorist threats...
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There are many more frightening stories than have hit the mainstream media. There have been lots of dry runs and pre-empted attempts that do not hit the papers. Aside from the classification issues, could it be a little media bias? After all, if there is a constant low-grade war going on *inside* the continental US, then Bush does not look so crazy, does he? BTW, I do think he's done a poor job of pursuing the right goals. And doing a poor job in war can be as disasterous as doing the wrong thing.
I don't know a single intelligence professional who is not appalled at the situation. And I know a bunch of them.
That begs the question of what could be done better. If it's less worry over PC-ness and profiling, do we really think a Kerry Administration would do better? Certainly not.
I'm sure more could be done. I'd like to see it come out in a useful op-ed (for isntance) form - something people could get behind, rather than feel defensive about, rather than the thinly veiled partisan stuff we've usually seen.