Stopping the Killers
• Officer.comStreet Cop Methods for Terrorist Interdiction
The terrorism threat hasn't changed. This is still an active war.
Although our nation has not been successfully attacked (due to the
efforts of counter-terrorism operations world-wide) within the last
eight years, doesn't mean we are not at risk. Quite the opposite I
would argue. We have entered a period of time where the average
American has been lulled asleep by the absence of a spectacular
terrorist event. Terrorists use apathy to their advantage. In
particular, Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda, and host of other
terrorist networks, have been known to wait years before launching an
attack. During this period of downtime, they meticulously plan their
next catastrophic event. Keep in mind that Bin Laden declared War
against the U.S. in 1996, but 9/11 didn't happen until 2001. Terrorists
are evil, intelligent and deadly, but not infallible.