Actually, the Lone Gunman had them flying into the WTC. But the terrorists were directing the plane through computer hacking, not through physical presence. It was the premier episode of the series. I bet it's never shown on TV again.
But just because people have thought of it, doesn't have anything to do with judging how remote a possibility it is. Obviously, people have thought of some rich guy buying an ICBM and launching at the U.S. The TV show the Agency had an episode where a terrorist bought an entire Soviet sub, including crew and weapons (the CIA stopped delivery, of course). Again -- I say -- since there is no logical reason not to build it, and since it will have so many practical benefits beyond just providing defense -- I say why not build it. H. -----Original Message----- From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 9:15 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Ouch At 12:07 AM 12/15/01, Howard wrote: >Before Sept. 11, the thought of two planes flying into the WTC was "remote >at best." Just a few weeks before the September 11 incident, the television Lone Gunman had an episode about a plane flying into a skyscraper. Tom Clancy's book Sum of all Fears ends with a plane being flown by a terrorist into the White House. So obviously some people had thought of it. The military supposedly even had a scenario for it. My problem with all of this is the government's lack of action to prevent known threats while spinning about how we need to protect against threats that are improbable. It's about priorities, and the government's priorities have been screwed for years. I could give you a list of 50+ scenarios where kamikaze terrorists could bring this country to its knees and the government has no protection against any of them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
