Gains in the war against terror have been made by quiet intelligence, not by throwing large sums of money in inconveniencing business and life at large. Mueller and Stewart claim enhanced security expenditures have been "excessive: to be deemed cost-effective ... they would have to deter, prevent, foil or protect against 1,667 otherwise successful Times-Square attacks per year, or more than four a day." The Times Square bomber drove an SUV packed with explosives into the busy heart of New York in May last year.
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