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To: Glenn D. Rudolph who wrote (131288)	9/15/2001 5:59:15 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

Glenn "I can't find any more threat to this country now than there was a week ago". Threats is not the right word. Perceived risks may be more accurate. This and other risks existed a month ago. Our perception changes as risks become events. I was due to fly on Tuesday morning to Taipei. This coming week I would have flown to Beijing. I am not going largely because I cannot get flights -- I was ready to board a plane at any time this past week if there had been one to board. What surprised me was that when flights resumed and more people were captured at airports looking and acting like hijackers -- that really made me pause and evaluate how often and how soon I will fly. I decided to wait two weeks. As you say, this is transient. The question on people's minds is "is this a one time event or the beginning of something larger". I am not aware of any threats that did not already exist -- but my perception of the risks has changed. Further "events" (and there might not be any) would alter my perception of the risks. If this is indeed a "war", we must be aware of and ready for further attacks. And by no means would that mean a repeat of what just happened -- it is relatively easy to secure the skies if you are really serious about it. Sealing off the flight crew is a start. Some planes in the past were equipped with gas to knock out the everybody in the passenger compartment in the event of a hijacking -- extreme but effective. Passenger area cameras for the pilots are useful -- the list goes on and on. But in this kind of terrorist war, it is the unexpected that is the most dangerous -- the risks are from unknown threats. We now know one thing -- we have enemies willing to engage in mass destruction.