No problem here downloading the pdf and reading it offline.
From my near-20 years experience with Fed and state gummint, I can pretty much guarantee that whatever the correct solution is, the top honchos will do the exact opposite or nothing at all. I can also guarantee that you can tell when they're lying every time you see their lips move.
There are big IT sec programs being run in this part of the country (north-central VT and NH, at Norwich University and Dartmouth) but to get in them you must already be at guru-expert status or pay zillions to take the grad-level programs, with the obvious exception of the cadets, who then go on to active duty. IT sec at the local, state and Fed levels is utterly laughable, despite everything that's happened since 9/11.
And as has been noted before, the physical infrastructure in the U.S. is wide open. I find it amazing that an attack on the food and water supplies hasn't been carried out, not to mention the power grids, bridges and dams. And twelve years ago I used to drive a lot near Newark Int'l Airport and see the planes stacked up prior to landing, sometimes a dozen of 'em at once. How easy it would be, I thought, for a coupla guys in each of 3-4 vehicles triangulating their surface-to-air rockets, and bringing one after another down into the vast grid of power stations and oil and LNG tanks below. But I only recently saw mention of this in the mainstream news as a possibility.
Then there's the hilariously open borders and coasts; I estimate 3-4k illegals of Mideast ethnicity crossing from Mexico every year, not to mention the thousands coming in from Canada legally.
Meanwhile, my wife, who is 5'10" with red hair and blue eyes and otherwise the very map of Ireland face, gets jacked up for searches almost every time she flies anywhere for her job. As the guys in turbans and goatees, and Mohammed Atta clones stroll idly by onto the plane.
I expect an attack on a major target w/dirty nuke and possible simultaneous jamming of IT networks and phone systems anytime in the next 2-5 years. A couple of those and we'll all be back to circa Anno Domini 1900.
A good time to brush up on our hand tool and animal husbandry skills, also; load up on ammo.
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No problem here downloading the pdf and reading it offline. From my near-20 years experience with Fed and state gummint, I can pretty much guarantee that whatever the correct solution is, the top honchos will do the exact opposite or nothing at all. I can also guarantee that you can tell when they're lying every time you see their lips move. There are big IT sec programs being run in this part of the country (north-central VT and NH, at Norwich University and Dartmouth) but to get in them you must already be at guru-expert status or pay zillions to take the grad-level programs, with the obvious exception of the cadets, who then go on to active duty. IT sec at the local, state and Fed levels is utterly laughable, despite everything that's happened since 9/11. And as has been noted before, the physical infrastructure in the U.S. is wide open. I find it amazing that an attack on the food and water supplies hasn't been carried out, not to mention the power grids, bridges and dams. And twelve years ago I used to drive a lot near Newark Int'l Airport and see the planes stacked up prior to landing, sometimes a dozen of 'em at once. How easy it would be, I thought, for a coupla guys in each of 3-4 vehicles triangulating their surface-to-air rockets, and bringing one after another down into the vast grid of power stations and oil and LNG tanks below. But I only recently saw mention of this in the mainstream news as a possibility. Then there's the hilariously open borders and coasts; I estimate 3-4k illegals of Mideast ethnicity crossing from Mexico every year, not to mention the thousands coming in from Canada legally. Meanwhile, my wife, who is 5'10" with red hair and blue eyes and otherwise the very map of Ireland face, gets jacked up for searches almost every time she flies anywhere for her job. As the guys in turbans and goatees, and Mohammed Atta clones stroll idly by onto the plane. I expect an attack on a major target w/dirty nuke and possible simultaneous jamming of IT networks and phone systems anytime in the next 2-5 years. A couple of those and we'll all be back to circa Anno Domini 1900. A good time to brush up on our hand tool and animal husbandry skills, also; load up on ammo.