The purpose of this contest is absurd humor, but I hope it also makes a point. This is not an April Fool’s joke, although it’s in the spirit of the season. And if I can swing it, a phone call with a real live movie producer.Įntries close at the end of the month-April 30-so Crypto-Gram readers can also play. The prize will be an autographed copy of Beyond Fear. Judging will be by me, swayed by popular acclaim in the blog comments section. The more grandiose the goal, the better.Īssume an attacker profile on the order of 9/11: 20 to 30 unskilled people, and about $500,000 with which to buy skills, equipment, etc. Change the political landscape, or the culture. Entrants are invited to submit the most unlikely, yet still plausible, terrorist attack scenarios they can come up with. It is in this spirit I announce the (possibly First) Movie-Plot Threat Contest. They’re good for scaring people, but it’s just silly to build national security policy around them.īut if we’re going to worry about unlikely attacks, why can’t they be exciting and innovative ones? If Americans are going to be scared, shouldn’t they be scared of things that are really scary? “Blowing up the Super Bowl” is a movie plot to be sure, but it’s not a very good movie. Terrorists with crop dusters, terrorists exploding baby carriages in subways, terrorists filling school buses with explosives-these are all movie-plot threats. NOTE: If you have a blog, please spread the word.įor a while now, I have been writing about our penchant for “ movie-plot threats“: terrorist fears based on very specific attack scenarios.
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