Great writeup. On top of it, the terror attacks are extremely rare because most people have no interest committing mass-murder and the few that do rarely have motive&#x2F;opportunity. So, refusing to be terrorized remains the best bet.<p>Far as intelligence agencies, they&#x27;ve not just failed: they&#x27;ve often tried to cover it up, mislead other authorities, or even destroy evidence. The result of incompetent organizations not capitalizing on what they have even when it&#x27;s obvious should be a net <i>reduction</i> of power and increase of accountability. Instead, they always ask for and often get the opposite.<p>The technically literate of us following the details should just keep reiterating to anyone that will listen the key detail: almost everyone whose launched an attack did it while already being under surveillance. It doesn&#x27;t work. End of story.<p>Note: If it did, they just go back to doing what pro&#x27;s already are in using human go-betweens and other low-to-no-tech methods like Osama did for years to dodge NSA. They didn&#x27;t get him until someone tipped them off for the bounty per Hersh.