On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Eric Anderson wrote:
When has the president NOT been within 30 miles of something related to the petroleum industry? <cough> Seriously, though, I can't see any reason why wouldn't get close to them from time to time; it's not as though pipelines explode with 30-mile blast radii. At least, not often.
But the President's movements creates its own vulnerabilities for the rest of the critical infrastructures nearby. If you know the President will be in the area (the FAA posts advance notice to airman), you also now know that all ariel surveillance of pipelines, fiber routes, and other critical infrastructures in 30 miles will be grounded. What better time to roll out the backhoes and plant your devices for later use. Then the President gets to explain why Pipeline Co couldn't stop the terrorists blowing up a major pipeline because their surveillance planes were grounded by the Secret Service/FAA.