Security Theater

Hey, he's showing his ass.


Think chicks will find our automatic weapons, hot?



Yeah, Snuffy, I miss Abu Ghraib, too.


All Arabs and hot chicks, prepare for boarding and inspection.


Here we come, walking down the hall. Hey, hey, it's ESU, ESU gets
around. We like to show off our weapons, and scare everybody
around


Hey, don't you dare expect my son to give up Harvard Law
to lead around white trash, Mexkins and blacks. Hey,
sacrifice is for other people

'Extraordinary steps' as NYC alert raised

BY LIAM PLEVEN
STAFF WRITER

July 8, 2005

Less than three hours after the first of four blasts hit London Thursday morning, New York officials began taking what Gov. George Pataki called "extraordinary steps" to heighten an already elevated state of alert.

And Thursday afternoon, after acknowledging New Yorkers' concerns that the attack could be replicated, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "Let me assure you, we are doing everything in our power to prevent that from happening." Later he added, "There are no guarantees, but we can reduce the odds."

New York deployed police officers onto every subway train and sent helicopters out over the harbor as authorities tightened security in a suddenly tenser city that shares a lot with London -- particularly as a potential terrorist target.

Police held over officers about to head home after the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, making it possible to ratchet up their presence. Bloomberg -- who appeared with Pataki at a news conference at Grand Central Terminal -- said subway tunnels across the river are being monitored 24 hours a day and ferry terminals and the city's water supply were being guarded. And Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said at the news conference that trucks were being diverted from the Williamsburg to the Manhattan Bridge for easier inspection.

But New York's network of bus routes and railways is vast -- just like London's -- and Bloomberg acknowledged that it is not possible for police officers to be everywhere. He and other officials urged ordinary people to be vigilant, essentially trying to reinforce the MTA's anti-terror advertising slogan: "If you see something, say something."

OK, here's what I see: security theater. This isn't serious. If AQ was going to strike in New York, they would have at the same time. Showing off the cops is just to make subuirban housewives feel better. Pataki, while campaigning for his son to go to law school, expects people to take him seriously about security. He doesn't think his son should miss law school for security, he won't press Bush for more funds, so exactly how seriously does he take this?

posted by Steve @ 1:40:00 AM