joseph cirincione is the president of the global security foundation ploughsha res fund.ies could have done more to prevent this attack. terrorism of this kind is extremely difficult to prevent. was this individual... did he commit the act because we didn't deport him soon enough, or was he disturbed individual who committed the act because he was about to be deported? we don't know yet. but we do best. ever since the terrorist attacks of 9/11, national security experts including myself have been focused on the next big, catastrophic terrorist attack, another well—planned, highly co—ordinated attack, perhaps involving nuclear weapons or dirty bombs. well, it turns out that is not the kind of terrorist attack we actually have to worry about. it is now this spread of low—tech terrorist attacks, dispersed, autonomous, inspired attacks. it turns out that knives and semiautomatic weapons and home—made bombs, and our trucks, are perfectly adequate for causing the kind of terror and societal disruption that the terrorist seek. something like this, an individual, maybe acting on