Word: alertness
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September 11 reminded Americans that we ignore international terrorism at our peril. There were a few warning bells leading up to the attack, but unfortunately none were loud enough or clear enough to alert America’s intelligence community to the impending danger. The United States can never again afford to be complacent about threats to America’s homeland or its allies...
...chiefs take phone calls from the Justice Department anymore. Police officers have been under incredible stress since September 11th. They're helping the FBI track down leads, possible accomplices and more information on the 19 hijackers. At the same time they're ratcheting up security and are on constant alert for possible future threats. And now John Ashcroft would like them to go door to door asking 5,000 Middle Eastern and Pakistani men who arrived here in the past two years, "Are you a terrorist...
...will have to stay alert through the spring and summer,” he said. “After May, it’s possible we’ll do more business off the wait list than usual...
There's fresh interest in a handheld gadget called the Cyranose 320, which can be programmed with the "smellprint" of various microbes and then issue an alert if it detects them. Cyrano Sciences, which is based in Pasadena, Calif., and is associated with the California Institute of Technology, has been selling the electronic nose for more than a year. The company manufactured it for use in the food-service and chemical industries. The device can tell whether basil is fresh and warn if a shipment of fish has started to rot. It can also identify contaminants in perfumes or chemicals...
...damaging. Unlike Davis’s warning, which could be heeded by avoiding major bridges (although few people actually did so), the Bush administration’s warnings are difficult to act upon. They have been met not by increased caution (how can you be on more than maximum alert?) but by increased xenophobia...