We Cannot Harden the World Against Every Attacker

"The people who were at the event are understandably shaken. Other Americans need not panic, but unfortunately, here is the list of things we can do, right now, to prevent similar attacks in the future: nothing."

"To live in an open society is to live with a very small, but nonzero, amount of risk. We cannot know if the accused attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, exploited some gap in security, but that seems at this point unlikely."

"More important, the journalist Garrett Graff writes in a column on Substack, such security arrangements are not meant to stop everything, but one thing: to ensure that the president remains safe."

A Secret Service officer sustained a minor injury during an attack at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. The attacker, Cole Tomas Allen, traveled by train and checked into a hotel before attempting to breach security. While the incident has caused concern and calls for increased security, the current measures effectively prevented Allen from reaching the president. Living in an open society entails some risk, and the existing security protocols are designed to mitigate, not eliminate, threats.

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