OK, but look at the growth after 9/11. Are all of those simply hardening/defensive mechanisms? BTW: I firmly believe that the best defense against a possible

OK, but look at the growth after 9/11. Are all of those simply hardening/defensive mechanisms? BTW: I firmly believe that the best defense against a possible attack from ~7B+ people is: A) in cyberspace: to simply build better security rather than counter-attack those that attack us, as there are countless attackers from anyone with internet, often with nothing to lose, so counter attacks are futile. B) In physical space: deal with attacks as criminals, not state or stateless organizations that require sacrificing civil liberties & core morals. There are not 7B+ people who can physically attack a structure, so standard policing suffices. Giving them more attention than that is playing directly into their goals, & counter-productive. C) Nobody likes a police state. Jefferson famously said, that all governments creep towards tyranny, so we must remain vigilant towards increased power for our "safety".