Comments on: A Different View of Homeland Security Information http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/05/a_different_view.html Secrecy News from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:23:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: George Smith http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2008/05/a_different_view.html/comment-page-1#comment-1443 George Smith Wed, 28 May 2008 21:34:04 +0000 http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=1776#comment-1443 “The targets of choice for current and future terrorists will be civilians and infrastructure," said the man. I'm stunned. While Stephen Flynn may be trying to change the terms of debate in this matter he has also spent a great deal of time being one of the security industry's repetitive "the-terrorists-are-coming" guys. It's also fair to say that practice has bred paranoia and secrecy, the very things which hinder collaboration and information sharing. <a HREF="http://www.dickdestiny.com/blog/2007/05/they-call-him-mr.html" rel="nofollow">Here's another brief look at his books and essays.</A> “The targets of choice for current and future terrorists will be civilians and infrastructure,” said the man.

I’m stunned.

While Stephen Flynn may be trying to change the terms of debate in this matter he has also spent a great deal of time being one of the security industry’s repetitive “the-terrorists-are-coming” guys. It’s also fair to say that practice has bred paranoia and secrecy, the very things which hinder collaboration and information sharing.

Here’s another brief look at his books and essays.

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