Security Lessons From Katrina

Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane Internet Security and author of Beyond Fear, analyzes the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in comparison to a terrorist attack in an op-ed article for a Minnesota newspaper. Schneier declares "It's unconscionable that we're wasting our money fingerprinting foreigners, profiling airline passengers, and invading foreign countries while emergency response at home goes underfunded." To read the rest of Schneier's assessment of the handling of this natural disaster and the implications that response has on our overall homeland security, read this article from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Bruce Schneier: Toward a truly safer nation