Homeland Strikes Again

There are times when it is best to keep quiet.

There are a splash of stories on the news channels about the potential for lone wolf attacks in the U.S. as a way of retaliating for airstrikes in Iraq.  We have some people in Homeland Security who think it is a great idea to warn people about things they have little way to control. We used to see these stupid BOLA warnings (Be On the Lookout For) that would say some law enforcement agency was looking for a red van with four occupants, possibly heading south.  The justification is always that we can't give out classified information so we issue a warning that can be issued without divulging sources and methods.

If you can't say enough about the issue, then keep quiet.  These kinds of warnings do not convince the average person that Homeland knows what they are doing, and they certainly do not supply law enforcement with enough information that they can act on it.  The warnings actually help terrorists by amplifying their affect.