The Naval Airs Station in Pensacola, Florida is seen after a shooting on Dec. 6, 2019. (Credit: WALA)
Laurence Jarvik, The Latest: Pensacola Terror Attack Exposes Navy Failures
The Naval Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) appears on TV as an effective team of special agents. Mark Harmon and his cast are treated as reverentially as Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.'s FBI agents in the 1960s and 70s.
However, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani's December 6th terror attack reveals that something is seriously wrong at NCIS Resident Agency Pensacola, whose website lists its mission as:"Preventing terrorism and related hostile acts against DON forces and installations."
Sadly, this tragedy did not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the base. Pensacola NAS is the home of Naval Aviation, and a symbol of American military power. It hosts the National Aviation Museum, Barrancas National Cemetery and historic Fort Barrancas.
Nevertheless, it has been badly mismanaged. I experienced my own set of Pensacola SNAFUs last year, complained on the base commander's website, and wrote about it on my blog.
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WNU Editor: This is not the first time the U.S. is having a debate on increasing security as well as vetting the people who enter the country. And here is an easy prediction. If history is any indication, it will not be the last.
1 comment:
This whole article is silly. In a free society it will always be easy to comment these type of crimes. To many people to many opportunities.
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