So we now have the “Treasure Trove” of data from the “Million Dollar Mansion”. That’s good, but also maybe not so good.<\/p>\n
We’ve seen time and time again the government mindless robots react to a theoretical attack vector by building tangible defenses, usually at the cost of freedom of Americans.<\/p>\n
It’s not a hard equation to figure out – terrorist says “we could cause problems by doing ‘x'”. If the government knows that and some day ‘x’ were to happen, the media and political parasites like Chuck Schumer would crucify the person who decided in the risk analysis that the costs of preventing “x” and the actual damage if “x” happened can’t justify trying to stop “x”. They might even threaten to make a decision like that a criminal offense.<\/p>\n
So as a government functionary, there is no down side to demanding unlimited resources and actions that disrupt economic in order to prevent a theoretical attack.<\/p>\n
So the first “x” out of the box is… while scribbling down ideas, someone suggested “hey, let’s derail trains”. Well duh. There have been several intentional derailments of trains in Pakistan that led to significant loss of life.<\/p>\n
But the United States is not Pakistan. Pakistan uses trains extensively for intercity travel – packing humans in like sardines. The routes run over treacherous mountain passes over ancient rails and signalling equipment.<\/p>\n
We could go down the path of the Soviet Union and turn railroads into military assets – post soldiers every mile or two and task them with defending against sabotage – just think of all the jobs that would create. Prosperity would be just around the corner.<\/p>\n
Or alternatively, we could tightly limit visas from people from countries known to want to cause harm to us…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So we now have the “Treasure Trove” of data from the “Million Dollar Mansion”. That’s good, but also maybe not so good. We’ve seen time and time again the government mindless robots react to a theoretical attack vector by building … Continue reading