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RICHARD FERNANDEZ ON RESPONSES TO THE MOSCOW BOMBING. ?Enough passive security means that the activ?

By Glenn Reynolds

RICHARD FERNANDEZ ON RESPONSES TO THE MOSCOW BOMBING. “Enough passive security means that the activities they are meant to protect cease to be viable. For life to continue at all, the major reliance must shift to pro-active measures: the identification of malefactors through intelligence and breaking up plots before they happen.” What struck me most in the reports I heard yesterday was that the Russians moved aggressively to get the airport operating normally very soon after the attack. I think that’s a good approach; I feel that we wouldn’t have done as well. But I hope I’m wrong.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).