We Need To Strengthen Our Analytic Capacity

Sometimes The Act Of Walking In The Face Of The Elements Helps Us Come To Grips With Reality. Or It Simply Exhausts Us To The Point Of Seeing The Futility Of Resisting Reality And The Futility Of Denial.

In This New War, Our Enemy's Platoons Infiltrate Our Borders, Quietly Blending In With Visiting Tourists, Students, And Workers. They Move Unnoticed Through Our Cities, Neighborhoods, And Public Spaces. They Wear No Uniforms. Their Camouflage Is Not Forest Green, But Rather It Is The Color Of Common Street Clothing. Their Tactics Rely On Evading Recognition At The Border And Escaping Detection Within The United States. Their Terrorist Mission Is To Defeat America, Destroy Our Values And Kill Innocent People.

Prior To September 11, We Thought The World Beyond Our Shores Was One World Of Risk And The World In Our Continent Was Another World Of Risk

Every Medium By Which People Communicate Can Be Subject To Exploitation By Those With Illegal Intentions. Nevertheless, This Is No Reason To Hand Big Brother The Keys To Unlock Our E-mail Diaries, Open Our Atm Records, Read Our Medical Records, Or Translate Our International Communications.

What We Learned On September 11 Is That The Unthinkable Is Now Thinkable In The World