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...Yahoo case is that it hasn't happened before," says Quittner. Now that e-vandals have flexed their muscles in a very public forum, bringing the world's most popular web site to a grinding halt, it's safe to say there will be increasingly creative attempts to foil hackers altogether. That will be a very tough, if not impossible process, says Quittner. "Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot companies can do to prevent this kind of strike." Of course, this is the world of high tech, where explosive growth and insight are part of the daily grind...
...While Americans may be unaccustomed to being told they're in danger of being blown to bits on the streets of their own cities, raising public awareness can actually help foil terrorist plots. "Washington is treading a middle path between spreading panic and making the public more alert," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Of course it's possible that nothing will happen, but there's also obviously a real threat." In public and behind the scenes, the stakes are rising in the waiting game between terrorists and the law, and at least one city is bowing...
...into Jeff's bedroom, he rigged a buzzer to his door that would go off like a burglar alarm. Later, in what his family has come to think of as the "solar-cooker era"--named after a solar microwave he concocted out of an umbrella and aluminum foil--the garage became his laboratory...
While Americans may be unaccustomed to being told they're in danger of being blown to bits on the streets of their own cities, raising public awareness can actually help foil terrorist plots. "Washington is treading a middle path between spreading panic and making the public more alert," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Of course it's possible that nothing will happen, but there's also obviously a real threat. The guy traveling with Ressam remains at large, and Ressam's travel bookings suggest he was planning to leave the bomb equipment for someone else to assemble." In public...
...However, though that could deter or foil terrorists who may have been planning to strike as the ball drops, it doesn't stop them from striking a mile or two down the road or in the same place on the following weekend. Thus the handicapping of the war on terrorism: The initiative is almost always in the hands of the bad guys...