[EGPWS]

Another major terrorist strike will erase this from the Radar for ever.

In a heartbeat, however it will take much less that that to erase it IMHO.

[antaresequity]

Imagine this scenario:

Terrorist derail a passenger train over some remote bridge and the entire train falls into a gorge. Hundreds dead.

Authorities capture a terrorist with a laptop in connection with the event, and on his laptop are coded transcripts that indicate a biological or nuclear attack is in the planning, and immanent. Authorities are unable to decode the transcripts without the 'cooperation' of the detained terrorist(s).

The vast majority of Americans would not only approve of, but would encourage the authorites to extract relevant information 'by whatever means necessary'.

Thats why Rumsfeld is polling at 70%