Effective Counterterrorism

The public has recently learned of two plots insided the USA that had no capability of doing serious damage to America's survival. The Fort Dix and JFK Airport plotters are some of the most pathetic enemies this country has ever known. My understanding of the Fort Dix plotters is that any attack would have looked less like a horrendous massacre against unarmed poor folks, and more like a quick suicide by cop (against soldiers, tanks, helicopters). Their training amounted to paintball games in the woods. Of their mighty arsenal of 9 guns, 7 were inoperable. The JFK idiots had no weapons, no firm plans, and had been infiltrated by the FBI at least 17 months ago. The engineer at JFK said that if the operation had succeeded, the bombers would have been the only ones killed, and the fuel pipeline would have remained intact. Clear and future danger, maybe, but execution and effectiveness were laughable. The most important point is that both cases were cracked with good old-fashioned police work: infiltration, informants, and legal wiretaps. These guys should appear in the stupid criminals file and spend the rest of their lives in the box. Because the surveillance and interrogation rules were followed, they likely will do just that. Once again, the Law Enforcement strategy worked: 12 foiled plots since 9/11. I'm happy these scumbags are off the street. Law enforcement is to be commended for functioning as it should. I do have to wonder though, why some people are so eager to elevate these foiled plots to a catastrophic threat to western civilization (Giuliani!). There is a huge lack of perspective.