Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?

[mdlbear]

The Register asks the perfectly reasonable question: Mass murder in the skies: was the plot feasible?

The answer, assuming triacetone triperoxide, is very clearly "no". Either we've been dealing with unbelievably stupid terrorist wannabes (always a distinct possibility), or some blatent misdirection.

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[aerowolf.livejournal.com]

Do not blame on malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence.

But, do not explain away as incompetence that which can only be blamed on malice. How to tell the difference? Statistics.

How many "terrorist plots" have the DoD and the DHS discovered and "leaked" news about? When did these "plots" happen to coincide with something political that was completely covered up by the media talking about them?

How many of these "plots" coincided with other political events?

How many of these "plots" coincided with nothing at all that would outrage those who knew?

And how many of these "plots" had information later revealed and correlated as whitewashes? (Such as the "new 9-11" idea, which in turn was needed by the PNAC as "a new Pearl Harbor"?)

[madfilkentist]

Interesting thought. Has someone actually done the statistics?

It wouldn't even be necessary to invent terrorist plots; there's probably a steady stream of incompetent terrorists around, and one of their schemes can be turned into a major news story at a convenient time.