02-08-2003, 12:09 AM
it's a way for them to cover their asses. When 9/11 happened, noone saw it coming and once it happened, it was too late to do anything about it. Now they use color codes so that if something like that happens again, they can say "well we saw it coming this time". Unreal.
As I understand it, they decide to change these colors based largely on what they call terrorist "chatter" - in other words, they eavesdrop on these Asshole and listen to their conversations. Since the whole world knows we essentially listen to everyone and everything these days, couldn't most of this "chatter" just be bullshit? Isn't one of the reasons why we (still) haven't caught Bin Laden yet due to the fact the he and his circle no longer use phones or any other kind of communication device because of this? (he uses "messengers" and note carriers, I read that in Time or something).
Maybe it's all legit, maybe it's all bullshit - personally, I'm leaning towards it all being bullshit. Things will happen, and there really isn't much any of us can do about it.
As I understand it, they decide to change these colors based largely on what they call terrorist "chatter" - in other words, they eavesdrop on these Asshole and listen to their conversations. Since the whole world knows we essentially listen to everyone and everything these days, couldn't most of this "chatter" just be bullshit? Isn't one of the reasons why we (still) haven't caught Bin Laden yet due to the fact the he and his circle no longer use phones or any other kind of communication device because of this? (he uses "messengers" and note carriers, I read that in Time or something).
Maybe it's all legit, maybe it's all bullshit - personally, I'm leaning towards it all being bullshit. Things will happen, and there really isn't much any of us can do about it.