Testing Our Defenses?

False alarms sometimes lull people into a false sense of security. When it comes to defending our nation against bioterrorism, they heighten my sense of concern.

Last night about 200 people were evacuated from the Russell Senate Office Building after a sensor in the attic indicated a nerve agent was present. About a dozen senators were part of this group.

After the group was quarantined for three hours, at least two tests proved negative. Officials classified the event as a false alarm, and the group was allowed to go.

Last September, sensors detected the presence of tularemia while about a hundred thousand people were on the Mall for anti war protests.

After five days, that alert was also labelled a false alarm. In that case, the alarm was kept quiet for many days; no one at the protests knew they were in potential danger, partially because the BioWatch sensors require 36 hours to produce readings.

In the weeks following 9/11, seven letters containing highly refined anthrax were mailed to media outlets and two senators. The attacks clearly were no designed to maximize damage, but more likely to call attention to the presence of anthrax. After months of news coverage, the incidents have faded into the background. But the person or people who did this are still at large, and we know they have anthrax.

One obvious possibility is that our defenses and reactions are being tested. What happens when our sensors detect a biohazard? How does Homeland Security react? Someone could be methodically testing our defenses in advance of true attacks.

Then again, these could be false alarms.

It seems to me, though, that we need more sensors, and a better process for validating results faster. In the Washington Mall incident, Homeland Security officials took three days to notify the Center for Disease Control of their sensor readings. That's not good enough.

Our culture is quite impatient. We have short attention spans. But the people who wish to do us harm have proven they can be extremely patient. "False" alarms deserve vigilance.

Comments

[Samantha]

Matthew,

I have been told I am a sensor by very well educated and successful people. I am a marketer for a global think tank. I am not a liar or delusional. I have a "superhuman" sense of hearing and smell; as well as the ability to read minds. There are several other things; however that is all I feel comfortable saying. This is all so new for me. Everything which I am experiencing runs counter to Western culture and logic. I find it difficult to talk about with family and friends. Any advice please would be so tremendously appreciated. Where in the world does someone like myself fit in? I am well-educated and well read. I come from a good family. I just don't understand this..... Many Thanks...

[matthew kubelle]

I believe there is a very good possibility I possess a "super human" sense of sight. It still has to be tested in a lab seting. I am not sure exactly of its scope but it seems when i concentrate in the right light I can see the wind /airflow. I am not sure if its the movement of energy or particles on the wind reflected by light. Even when I dont concentrate for very long what I thought everyone could see apparently no one can see. Why I am telling anyone this? I am looking to get paid for it somehow because I am broke. There alot of skeptics out there regarding anything "super human" and I am looking to cash in if someone doubts my ability.
I am not so sure how this can be useful for society or anyone at all my ability . There is also a chance I can see other things that other people do not I have never been tested. There is a chance I am mistaken maybe I do not see what i think i see.
I am an educated research anlyst with the police department and I am neither delusional or a liar. Maybe my vision is faulty? I would like someone to prove it and get paid in the process when they are wrong.
Maybe you can help point me in the right direction?
matthew kubelle
deepergray@yahoo.com