Originally Posted by
BadgerBoi
The head of UK intelligence is about to retire and elevated the alert level to "high" in an attempt to make some sort of mark in his nation's history books? OK, if you say so
People in the "security" business like to be able to say "I told you so", even as inevitably something eventually happens such that even a certifiable lunatic in an mental asylum could raise the alert about a madman somewhere in the world going to kill someone and eventually it would happen such that the lunatic can say "I told you so." It may help even a lunatic to get some fame and fortune for their life after/outside the mental asylum.
What is so interesting about the thing driving the paranoia at this moment in various OECD countries is the following: when it comes to the very people about whom these governments are most worried, very few (if any) choose to attack in the countries of their own residence before rushing off to go elsewhere and do who knows what. And many of these foolish men and women are even being threatened by those whom they thought they were going to assist.
Clueless lunatics, the bunch seeking attention, fortune, or who knows what.