Thursday June 11, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

The attack that took place at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is what I call "the act of a lone wolf."

A lone wolf is a person acting on his/her own.
A lone wolf may be marginally connected to a larger group, but perpetrates the act alone.
A lone wolf is nearly impossible to predict.
A lone wolf is nearly impossible to stop - the best defense is proper security at the site of the attack.

As a result of proper security and planning the only people at risk during this shooting in Washington were the guards.

That is what the way it is supposed to be during an attack.

We have experienced lone wolves before and we will become their targets again.

The lone wolf will attack specific high profile targets.

The primary threats are:
religious institutions - Jewish, Christian and Muslim
government agencies
schools
camps
school busses
public cultural and sporting events

We cannot stop these acts of terror, we can only minimize the death count and the destruction wreaked by the lone wolf.

On-site good security and on-site alertness are key.

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