Hacked To Death, New Notes On the New Terrorism
Tapping away on a keyboard, deep within the maze of a Muslim city, Omar has just walked in to Homeland Security’s documents archives. No mask or gun needed, not even a fake passport. He's not sweating, he's calm, eating hummus and drinking a Coke. It's not yet noon in the Middle East.
Impossible? Alarming? Certainly a posit to make one perk up and pay attention, as we debate the constitutional aspects of tapping phone conversations and ignore the institutional aspects of computer security in shambles.
In an equal-opportunity lack of concern, this administration ignores both.
Strangely, there doesn’t seem to be much of a constituency for either. One wonders why the flaming liberals of whom we hear so much aren’t dominating Sunday talk shows with rants over rights to privacy, but they're quiet. Equally, it’s amazing that Bush's Republican base hasn’t frantically dialed-in to Rush Limbaugh, raging over hacked security, the innermost workings of our government laid bare.
Is everyone out to lu…