Reply #6: Have no problem with Red Team type exercises - small, unpublicized [View All]

[leveymg]

tests, drills and games are absolutely essential. But, this is something else altogether - huge, highly public affairs that are too large to manage if someone seriously wants to mole into it.

There's a lot of evidence that the 9/11 attack "succeeded" to a substantial degree because someone with a sophisticated understanding of the NORAD drills and FAA procedures rode along as a limpit. This int'l exercise in April just seems to be an invitation to someone to try to repeat the same scenario. It also strikes me as a public perception management extraganza by US and UK politicians.

Tell me how I'm wrong. But, if I'm even part right about this, we're all needlessly being placed in serious danger. These guys just have not shown themselves to be smart enough to play three-dimensional chess where you have the potential of real threats within simulations.

They should respect the KISS principle, call this all off, and rethink the exercises as smaller, more managable pieces.