A challenge ignored too long

In security, knowledge is an asset only if it leads to an action. When you have the knowledge but failed to act, you have plenty more to explain. Home minister Sushilkumar Shinde`s statement that the government had information about a potential terrorist attack does not mitigate the failure to prevent the Hyderabad blasts. If the government were caught totally unaware, it would have been an intelligence failure. But when it had leads that should have been — but were not — developed...

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