Imagine you’re sitting in your house in coastal northern California, like I am, and listening to an exciting weather forecast. The meteorologists are expecting a storm of significant force. Local creeks may flood and there could be trouble in the delta.

Imagine a group of national security employees, young and bright and singleminded, in a think tank kind of room. They’re asked: If you were a terrorist, is there any way you could exploit this storm situation?

Just imagine how many ideas would sprout.

Now imagine devoting resources to prevent the realization of those ideas.

Uh huh.