JIM DUNNIGAN OFFERS SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS regarding recent reports:

This is not to say that there isn’t a possible terrorist link to the thefts of the shipping containers or the uniforms, or the alleged increase in the use of bogus credentials, but rather that no one is responsible for determining what constitutes a “normal” rate of such incidents, and given that, it’s impossible to tell if there’s been a significant change in the rate of incidents.

Not entirely comforting. In fact, it fits the bigger good news / bad news story on the Bush Administration and terrorism. Good news: The “forward strategy” has done a lot more than most anyone expected to keep terror from American shores. Bad news: Despite huge amounts of money and lots of new legal powers, the “homeland security” apparatus is largely useless at dealing with any who get here.