Beware.
This is a text full of insanity.
I know the people at RAND must be among the most brainwashed on this planet.
But to read it is an experience in itself:
It presents a collection of comments by professionals in the field looking back. Good God.
Here on the first 4 individuals:
1) Heather Williams:
“(…)
That day stays with me as a reminder that solidarity is interwoven into the American fabric. This is comforting as we grapple with the current national divisions.
My thoughts on September 11 as a policy expert are more nuanced. Policymaking is so difficult because bureaucracy is complex and people are naturally resistant to change. September 11 allowed leaders to overcome much of the resistance, and I lived the positive effects of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act. At the same time, the reactionary nature of those changes created a patchwork of organizations working on homeland security, largely focused on terrorism as the threat.
(…)”
Positive effects of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention?
Solidarity?!
Incarcerating Arabs because they are Arabs is solidarity?
WTF girl?!
Ever talked to a NYC Fire Department employee and how they got fucked over for giving their lives?
How 9/11 exposed their inadequate equipment due to public cuts?
Or how average citizens viewed 9/11 as an attack on those elites who destroy the planet?
2) Ryan Consaul:
“(…)
I think back to the tremendous sense of patriotism and unity born from the great tragedy of 9/11. Sadly, that unity has given way to controversy and division.
(…)
Given the multitude of threats we continue to face, we need to stand together
(…)”
Multitude? The next thing Ryan is gonna quote is Negri&Hardt and I gonna throw up.
3) Brian Jackson:
“(…)
some of the most effective protection comes from the community working together to identify and respond to potential threats. This is called behavioral threat assessment and management, or BTAM
(…)
BTAM is effective, but it relies on everyone buying in.
(…)”
Wow. The technocrat who I am 99% sure votes for the DSA.
4) John Hollywood:
“(…)
The evidence supports starting with layered security strategies in which multiple measures work together to improve the chance that an attack will be stopped or at least mitigated.
(…)”
They do like the prefix “multi”…
That RAND even dares to publish this giant pile of bullshit is maddening and frankly an insult to all decent Americans who who are eventually paying for this corporate crap.
Apparently the deep state has gotten over its crisis with Assange and Snowden.
It´s in full bloom.
I am so relieved.
Maybe I am a bit off – but this is more scary to me than anything Trump is doing. Trump is show. (I still believe that which doesn´t make it any better.)
But this. THIS is the system. Trump will be dead sooner or later.
But this WILL STAY WITH US – these minions of terror.
I am not a fan of Hannah Arendt – but do I have to quote her on bureaucrats????
