TERRORISM

1. Difficulties

1.1. Acquiring Explosives

1.1.1. Sting after sting

1.1.2. Difficult to acquire

1.2. Exptertise

1.2.1. Failed attempts

1.2.1.1. Subway Bomber

1.2.1.2. Times Square bomber

1.2.2. NBC require exclusive expertise

1.3. Under Radar

1.4. Coordination of many

1.4.1. Echelon intercepts

2. Enablers

2.1. Lone Gunman

2.2. Homegrown

2.3. Simple Sabatoge (rail)

3. More people, More money, more risk, less success

3.1. 50+ ppl

3.1.1. Nuclear

3.1.1.1. State Sponsored

3.1.1.2. Hommade

3.1.2. Biological

3.1.2.1. Anthrax Style

3.1.2.2. Contagion

3.1.3. Chemical

3.1.3.1. Instadeath

3.1.3.2. Death/disruption

3.1.4. NBC requires experts to travel

3.2. 20 ppl

3.2.1. Ports

3.2.1.1. Sinking Ship

3.2.2. Coordinated Shooting/Bombing

3.3. 5 ppl

3.3.1. Rail Sabatoge

3.3.1.1. Passenger

3.3.1.2. Chemical

3.3.2. Car Bomb

3.3.2.1. Traffic Jam

3.3.2.2. Symbolic Target

3.3.3. Small Bomb

3.3.3.1. Airport Terminal

3.3.3.2. Club/Bar

3.3.4. Shooting/Bombing

3.4. 1 ppl

3.4.1. Homegrown lone wolf almost impossible to stop

3.4.2. Forest Fire

3.4.3. Shooting

4. Realities:

4.1. In ten years, no AQ cells in US

4.2. There have been Homegrown Terrorists

4.3. Lone Wolf was only success