Originally Posted by Full Emergency
1) Do you not think that groups like A/Q will try and possibly 'blend - in' to the surroundings.
Yes, that would be a smart move and your point about the 9/11 gang is valid (except that the screener at BOS
was disturbed by Atta's demeanour but had no reason to detain him). My feeling is that the spotting fraternity is pretty much a closed group, a clique if you will. I would think a terrorist would stand out if he (or especially she) suddenly appeared among them, and probably couldn't maintain a long-term 'infiltration' without arousing suspicion due to atypical (ie. insufficient dedication) behaviour. What the spotters would do about it, I don't know though.
Originally Posted by Full Emergency
2) The Perimeter is the most likely. Why?? All the attacks so far (and those in Iraq included) they are not worried about survival.
But they
are concerned about selecting worthwhile targets and a decent chance of 'success'. What's the worst a perimeter penetration could do (in broad daylight) ? Assuming the airside patrols are insufficient to prevent interception, he could maybe blow up a parked plane or explode himself outside a taxying one. Not a big return for the effort, I submit. The bigger danger, we are led to believe, is a missile attack and they don't have to be anywhere near the airport to carry that out. There are much softer targets and locations to kill infidels, like the tube or any number of other places which don't bear thinking about and certainly should not be enumerated here.