“in a country of more than 300 million people, it is impossible to eliminate all risks.We can not maintain a free and open society and eliminate the possibility that violence in schools, offices, or malls will happen again.” – from 2007 REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT ON ISSUES RAISED BY THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY.

The world grieves with Belgium.

And so the terror threat is elevated.

Beware the machetes.