Interesting.....

[patgund]

Sci-fi writers join war on terror

"Looking to prevent the next terrorist attack, the Homeland Security Department is tapping into the wild imaginations of a group of self-described "deviant" thinkers: science-fiction writers.

"We spend our entire careers living in the future," says author Arlan Andrews, one of a handful of writers the government brought to Washington this month to attend a Homeland Security conference on science and technology.

Those responsible for keeping the nation safe from devastating attacks realize that in addition to border agents, police and airport screeners, they "need people to think of crazy ideas," Andrews says."

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[winterlion.livejournal.com]

Pity they couldn't interview R.A.H. He wrote about such going back to the beginnings of his career. His write up about a nuclear attack on New York circa 1945 (ish) by a "suitcase bomb" is certainly one of the more colourful examples.

Much as I think the organization is a "bunch of yahoos with heads in paper bags running around panicking and starting lynch mobs" - this isn't that bad an idea. I'm a crazy canuck though so whadoiknow.