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...increased vigilance will be the silver lining of this tragedy. With a previously complacent populace now more alert for security lapses, future attacks may be less likely to succeed...
...what then? This isn't a case, in the sort of language loved by military folks, in which you just cut off the head of the snake and let the body wither. "Terrorism is not bin Laden," says a senior U.S. intelligence official. "He's got lieutenants waiting to succeed him." The cellular, secretive structure of al-Qaeda--small groups of operatives acting almost independently--militates against a quick, decisive strike. Says Ranstorp: "Al-Qaeda is truly a multinational enterprise; they have made it into a decentralized organization that understands the power of asymmetric warfare in overcoming superpower supremacy...
...Bush saidthe terrorists will not succeed in their mission...
...Bush succeed at turning around the federal government and making it work in new and innovative ways? He?s got his work cut out; the massive intelligence failure that allowed the tragedy of 9/11 to take place was born of interagency rivalries and fiefdoms that won?t easily be brought down. There have been real successes at stopping terror; the millennium celebration was spared explosions by dint of the work of the FBI and CIA and similar agencies in Jordan and other countries. But still, reshaping the bureaucracy to be as nimble as the enemy won?t be easy...
...Bush succeed at turning around the federal government and making it work in new and innovative ways? He?s got his work cut out; the massive intelligence failure that allowed the tragedy of 9/11 to take place was born of interagency rivalries and fiefdoms that won?t easily be brought down. There have been real successes at stopping terror; the millennium celebration was spared explosions by dint of the work of the FBI and CIA and similar agencies in Jordan and other countries. But still, reshaping the bureaucracy to be as nimble as the enemy won?t be easy...