I guess it is Sunday and that's why it is so quiet here in the comments section. This was a very interesting long form post that was really worth the read. It

I guess it is Sunday and that's why it is so quiet here in the comments section. This was a very interesting long form post that was really worth the read. It is fascinating on two levels. The first was the realisation at how unbelievably (dangerously) intelligent Osama bin Laden was in choosing to attack both the symbol of, and actual, base of US financial power. The other was the absolutely I impressive resilience of the federal money men to ensure that this attack was ultimately unsuccessful in bringing down the US financial systems in a permanent basis. I imagine that 17th September 2001 could have gone very badly when the markets opened. I think this must have been a close run thing. One thing I also noted is that such a review is also a security risk in itself. To truly bring down the US financial sector you would now have the attack blue print from the resulting report. While things have moved on, it does give the enemies of the US a dangerous handbook of targets for success. Anyway, I found this fascinating. Thanks for posting this.