for a sobering look NYC after 9/11, you should read "Securing the City" by Christopher

[CTyankee]

Dickey. I read it several years ago and he describes what NYC did in the aftermath of the attack.

You can probably find it at your library...http://www.economist.com/node/13097608 here is a review of the 2009 book.

It reads like a spy/terror novel and it is gripping. I cannot recommend it enough if you want a hard and clear look at the state of our homeland security of recent years. I remember NYC in those days and remember traveling to and from Europe and how you couldn't use a cell phone while waiting for your bags after landing at JFK. And there were some interesting security things going on in capital cities in Europe I was traveling in and out of.

I can imagine it hasn't gotten any better...