If the Impressionists Had Been Dentists
- Invest millions of dollars into signs that say, “If You See Something, Say Something.” Put a phone number on those signs. Wait for phone to ring and the information to come pouring in.
- Be straight with potential suspects and ask them point-blank, “Are you a terrorist?” People tend to come clean if they can sense you respect them enough to be direct.
- Maybe a little torture?
- One of the best places to find terrorists is anywhere that lots of decent people are minding their own goddamn business.
- Is your suspect an Arab? If not, you just have to start again. Yes, it’s frustrating, but you just have to.
- Be the terrorist you want to find.
- Lull the suspected terrorist into a false sense of security by pretending to grant his demands and instituting a global religiofascist/totalitarian monoculture.
- Take away civil liberties, make country feel like a police state. That sort of thing.
- You’re going to want to rule out Evan. Don’t.
- If a week goes by and no luck, you just gotta let it go, ya know?