NBC News: “Americans must prepare for a future where terror is routine”
The clown who wrote this, Frank Figliuzzi, is the “former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He later served as the FBI’s Chief Inspector, overseeing special inquiries including all reviews of the use of deadly force by FBI agents worldwide.”
That goes a long way to explaining why the FBI is so relentlessly clueless when it comes to the jihad terror threat.
Figliuzzi’s argument here is that we must accept regular jihad massacres, because to do anything about them, such as restricting immigration from jihad terror hotspots, would be “Islamophobic”: “If we cling to the old view that any successful attack represents a counterterrorism failure, we must also be ready to accept a new way of life. Do we want to view anyone from a different country, with a different set of beliefs, as no longer welcome here? I would argue we do not.”
Yet that incorrigible bigot Trump is doing the wrong thing: “Today, the White House is already calling for even more stringent constraints on immigration policy. Taken to its illogical extreme, this approach to counterterrorism will preclude anyone from anywhere from entering the U.S. if any of their fellow nationals has ever committed a terror act. That’s not who we are.”
That’s not who we are. Of course. Who are we? We are people who are willing to see innocent American civilians murdered on our streets so as not to appear “racist.” We are people who would rather admit harmful people into the U.S. than keep out some harmless ones, because there is no way to distinguish between the two, and to move toward self-protection and self-defense would be “bigoted.” We are people who, as the jihadi knife begins slicing through our throats, will congratulate ourselves that we were never, even one second, “Islamophobic.”
“The Rise of Soft-Target Terror Attacks Is a Symptom of Police Success,” by Frank Figliuzzi, NBC News, November 2, 2017:
Is this our new normal?During my FBI career as a Special Agent and ultimately Assistant Director, the FBI, police, and domestic security agencies viewed terrorist incidents through a black and white, binary lens. If we “allowed” an attack to happen, we had failed. If we prevented an attack, we had succeeded. Yet, the increase in lone wolf, soft-target attacks — particularly attacks where trucks and cars are driven into large, vulnerable crowds — can actually be viewed as a symptom of our success.The Halloween terror attack that occurred in New York City raises an important question: Do we need to change the way we deal with so-called “soft target” attacks?As I write this, there are reports that the Halloween attacker entered our country in 2010 from Uzbekistan, shouted what sounded like “God is Great” in Arabic, and left a note in his rented truck stating something to the effect that he was inspired by ISIS. If this reporting is accurate, it is possible that our old binary lenses may actually distort our view of this increasingly popular form of mass terror. And if this is true, we must immediately analyze our strategies. Without adapting, Americans could eventually find themselves in a country where the rental of a truck requires a background inquiry akin to a gun purchase, and the reservation of a hotel room requires a search for sniper rifles….But just as officials are adjusting their perspective, it may be time for the public to adjust as well. Terrorism task forces around the nation already have rigorous training and awareness programs for truck rental personnel, hotel staff, and a host of other groups who may find themselves suddenly on the front lines of our war against terror. If we cling to the old view that any successful attack represents a counterterrorism failure, we must also be ready to accept a new way of life. Do we want to view anyone from a different country, with a different set of beliefs, as no longer welcome here?I would argue we do not. Today, the White House is already calling for even more stringent constraints on immigration policy. Taken to its illogical extreme, this approach to counterterrorism will preclude anyone from anywhere from entering the U.S. if any of their fellow nationals has ever committed a terror act. That’s not who we are.
Posts
