Brian Jenkins Quotes (15 Quotes)

This demonstrates their resolve and courage to impact us, to create fear. But it also is aimed at their own audience, their own constituents to demonstrate their prowess to their own warrior subculture.

I'll get today out of the way first before deciding on a final plan of attack, but it's probably either the Hawkes Bay Guineas next or the Caulfield Guineas,

Terrorism in the 1970s and 1980s was carried out by relatively discreet, identifiable groups, ... Terrorism in the 1990s is carried out by ad hoc conspiracies.

What we've learned from the British experience is that if people are admonished to notify authorities of suspicious activity or abandoned parcels, if you then readily have communications systems for them to do that -- telephones that are marked -- and you provide rapid response when reports are made, then in effect you have closed the loop.

These threats are real, ... but the increased probability of a terrorist attack does not increase the risks to any single individual.

I think that is the lesson of the Israeli efforts over the years.

I was looking for a space heater today, which I found, but a lot of the other stuff I bought isn't stuff that I really need.

The Jordanians run a very, very tight ship in terms of security so they have been able to foil a number of attacks, ... But particularly with the war in Iraq, there will be more spillover.

If we're going to fly them, put passengers in them, luggage, freight, parcels, then we're going to make hundreds of compromises with security. It's only a question of how many compromises.

The Internet gives them direct access. It even allows them to segment their audiences so they can communicate with potential recruits, with those who are already in the organization, and with broader sympathetic audiences as well as their enemy. They can do ... modern marketing and these communications have enabled them to be very, very effective and they've been increasingly adept in exploiting this. I don't think we have yet fully fathomed the sophistication of their communication strategy.

The results of the probe are disturbing, but they are not surprising. People believe what they see or what they think they see. Deception and disguise often work.

Do we want to chase them out of the subways and into the streets Probably yes.

When you're dealing with a disparate host of terrorist foes over time, as the Israelis have confronted, then it has less effect.

That means that as opposed to waiting for full-fledged conspiracies, they may be picking up individuals when they are still in the early part of this recruiting trajectory. They may have only taken a few steps down the path. But if you're going to wait until there are mature terrorist plans, then that runs a risk. And in this post-911 environment, authorities are unwilling to take that risk.

It is a great source of concern when any of these procedures are not being followed. One is always going to find a violation here or there, but an indication that ignoring the rules is widespread practice is shocking and deplorable.