A great part of London in better times -- and as it will be again very, very soon!

[morsefan]

Just wanted to post a few pics here of sites very familiar to me from the area of attack in London in better times. Wish I had a few for you from the Russell Square area, but I didn’t have a digital camera available.

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[morsefan]

I have very dubious feelings about intelligence generally, especially when you think through what is going on out there. After all, everyone said Saddam had WMD, for example. I mean even the French and Russians "knew" it (hell, they probably sold the Iraqis a bunch of stuff). In the end it wasn't there. My suspicion is that a lot of CIA dudes got their info sitting around hotel bars in Moscow with KGB guys, because we know they missed all the obvious stuff that would have told them the USSR was dying. Now, they are totally out of the loop, because intelligence about al-Qaeda is certainly not that cosy. I'm sure strides have been made, but I'm not shocked that sometimes there just isn't information.

That bus looked bad. Another gal on my flist has a picture posted. Only two deaths is amazing. This is a terrible thing, but I have a feeling it wasn't as bad as it could have been -- and that may have a lot to do with British organization and preparation.

I'd wait a few days. I didn't even "get" 9/11 when it happened. I wouldn't be able to put anything significant together in your shoes.