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Originally Posted by andyl
Ooops. That is a very fair point indeed. Sorry bout that. 
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Why not? 
As are they guessing judging by the many other stories regarding the quality of intelligence. |
It reminds me a bit of when I was very young, and there were "IRA" bomb scares seemingly every day. I recall being evacuated from shops on more than one occasion; my school was cleared out once; my parents business suffered horribly after one incident; all were hoaxes.
The problem is that it would be a foolish person to take a chance and just carry on regardless, putting the lives of many at risk. In these cases, and maye the French case (I don't know the details), some clown has got off on causing mayhem. You can't really include that in the equation when you're trying to deal with a real threat. It's a tough one.