I propose that he openly admits failure to do much about this sort of attack in the little window of time remaining between the activation of some terrorist cell and their actual attack.<p>The effect of that admission would be that he would be replaced by someone who would claim the opposite, that it is of course possible to do something.<p>The whole problem lies in the timing and the fact that our societies are extremely easy to attack by a bunch of cowards with machine guns. That there is no simple last minute defense - a silver bullet if you wish - is a harsh reality but one that we&#x27;re going to have to deal with if we really want to solve this problem.<p>So my suggestion - also made elsewhere in this thread - is to concentrate on the formative years of these people, rather than on the last two days of their lives. I suspect (but obviously can not prove) that that would be a far more fruitful, if less spectacular and less financially lucrative, avenue. Once someone has made up their mind to harm society it is extremely hard to stop them.