“Al-Qaeda terrorists came within 45 days of attacking the New York subway system with a lethal gas similar to that used in Nazi death camps.”
This was in 2003. Time Magazine has an excerpt today from Ron Suskind’s new book about the risks we face from terror.
(BTW: Ron Suskind is unbelievably good writer – his Hope In The Unseen, about an inner-city black guy who goes on to Brown University, is awesome if you’re looking for a summer nonfiction read).
Right now, the security issue is simply not on the Gov’s race agenda. Would any candidate benefit from raising it?
Do voters still worry much? Or do voters worry but feel it’s pretty much a federal (CIA/Homeland Sec/FBI/Pentagon) issue?
Please share widely!
Serioulsy.
Wasn’t there some MBTA ‘security alert’ in this same time frame? That rapidly went to a ‘never mind’ with no explaination?
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That was what first crossed my mind when I read this story.