Counterterrorism Experts Warn of Blind Spots in Anticipating Novel Tech Threats

Two security researchers reflect on the 9/11 Commission's 'failure of imagination' and argue that today's counterterrorism community still struggles to foresee how emerging technologies might be weaponized in unprecedented ways. They note that past warnings about using planes as missiles were ignored, suggesting similar gaps persist in assessing future threats. The piece calls for more creative thinking about unconventional terrorist tactics involving new tools and methods.