The alleged conspiracy last summer to blow up as many as ten aircraft flying between London and the United States with liquid explosives, if proven in pending trials, would reinforce the belief that al-Qaeda has regenerated and is growing again in ambition.The first line of defence is intelligence, not least because very little information on extremists is being provided by Muslim minorities.
Following Richard Wolffe's analysis that our first line of defense is our intelligence system, Arianna pointed out that systemic failures are exacerbated because we are distracted by the wrong war at the wrong time in Afghanistan.
"I hope that the reality of the situation, the reality of the threats we face, will actually play a great part in terms of exactly how Congress responds," Senate homeland security chairman Ron Johnson told CNN. "Our first line of defence is an effective intelligence-gathering capability," the Wisconsin Republican added.
Effective intelligence gathering is an essential first line of defense.
"The first line of defense, and the most crucial line of defense, is human intelligence".
Being the South's first line of defense against foreign threats, the NSS houses technology unavailable to their sister intelligence agencies.
Intelligence is easily overlooked in talk about "boots on the ground," but is our first line of defense.
Bush administration officials have pledged to improve federal communications as a first line of defense, and one of the administration's main initiatives is the creation of a new terrorism center to coordinate the flow of intelligence.
"The first line of my obituary is going to mention the smiley face," says Scott Fahlman, who would rather be remembered for his research into artificial intelligence.
