Security program well-intended but misguided

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Security program well-intended but misguided
By Robert F. Dorr

While Americans are in battle far from home, how closely should we guard the home front?

If we have too little security, we may be attacked. If we have too much, it may change the character of America in ways we don’t want.

The Eagle Eyes program, a project of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations — together with similar programs in other service branches — has taken us across that line.

Publicized in e-mail messages to troops, promoted in base newspapers and emphasized by some commanders, Eagle Eyes is an effort to remind service members that they should be alert for suspicious behavior.

While officials did not respond to my repeated requests for comment, the overall intent of the program appears to be commendable. Dangers to our nation could arise in unexpected places, at unexpected times. We need what fighter pilots call “situational awareness.” If something bad is going to happen, we want to see it coming.


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