The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

1. We wouldn't know all the details we know now.

2. The details learned would have come out over a longer period of time and with less certainty. It would be quite a while before it was even a certainty there'd been a bomb, how it was snuck in, etc.

I guess a better way to have phrased it is that if he'd been successful the response likely would be less hysterical and less specific.

Similarly, if Richard Reid had been successful we'd probably still be able to wear our shoes through security.