Chapter 19. Living in Fear?

*I am a bit ashamed to admit that I watch the TV show 24. While I enjoy the bubblegum plot and the action, what I really like most about it is something else entirely.

24 is a show about homeland security. It paints a picture of a world where we just barely survive all kinds of terrorist activities, more by luck than anything else. It portrays a world where Homeland Security is not effective whatsoever, mainly because good people are choked by bureaucracy, and only people who are willing to bend the rules will get good results.