{"id":28,"date":"2011-04-27T19:41:15","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T19:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/new-website\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2022-12-12T23:08:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T23:08:08","slug":"forewarned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/books\/forewarned\/","title":{"rendered":"Forewarned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tWhy the Government is Failing to Protect Us &#8211; and What We Must Do to Protect Ourselves\n\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Consider these two scenarios: (1) Warned of an impending terrorist attack, Americans endure disruptive security measures-or simply stay home and hide. By day&#8217;s end, it doesn&#8217;t matter: A plane carrying a &#8220;dirty&#8221; bomb has crashed in Los Angeles, killing tens of thousands of people; (2) After an alert, Americans face strict yet sensible and efficient security, before a suspect is arrested and an attack averted.<\/p>\n\t<p>The first scenario is inevitable unless we take immediate steps to ensure the second. Written by one of America&#8217;s foremost security experts, a specialist who has worked closely with the FBI and other agencies, Forewarned is a brave and indispensable new approach to local, national, and worldwide law enforcement, a specific blueprint for altering America in order to save it, and a road map to protecting ourselves and those we love. Starting from the shocking contention that everything done to fight terrorism at home since 9\/11 has been politicized, expedient, and inept, Michael Cherkasky presents a step-by-step plan for improving our chances of survival while understanding where we&#8217;ve gone wrong. Here are frank discussions on a variety of issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Well-meaning but ineffectual, the &#8220;Homeland Security Department&#8221; should be overhauled-its color-coded &#8220;threat alerts&#8221; are simply ignored or ridiculed<\/li>\n<li>Ground airport security (from National Guard deployment to banning of sharp instruments) should be abandoned as useless<\/li>\n<li>Fighting terrorism should be shifted from the &#8220;rigid and hierarchical&#8221; FBI to a new Domestic Intelligence Bureau (DIB) with expanded powers<\/li>\n<li>All cargo containers should be bar-coded, uplinked to a satellite, and downlinked to a database, to prevent the shipping of biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons (only 2 percent of containers are inspected now)<\/li>\n<li>All airplane luggage should be screened for explosives and electronically matched to a passenger (not done now)<\/li>\n<li>Every citizen over six should be given a new &#8220;US\/ID card&#8221; to start a lifelong database of associations and actions that could speed (most) people through airports, landmarks, or government buildings without incident<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenting a provocative new program that is practical, thoughtfully conceived, and easily adopted, Forewarned is an unprecedented book for a swiftly changing landscape, one that must be read by all citizens-and by all officials sworn to protect them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forewarned.jpg\" alt=\"forewarned\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"198\" title=\"forewarned\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>Buy Now<\/h3>\n\t<p>The book is on sale at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forewarned-Government-Failing-Protect-Ourselves\/dp\/0345461681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/forewarned-michael-cherkasky\/1124217274?ean=9780345461681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why the Government is Failing to Protect Us &#8211; and What We Must Do to Protect Ourselves Consider these two scenarios: (1) Warned of an impending terrorist attack, Americans endure disruptive security measures-or simply stay home and hide. 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