@jon-nyc said in Herridge - "Taking a page from Oct 7.":
Paragliders are for a few hundred meters over a border. That limits the options.
True, if your thinking is that limited.
operatives trained to build light aircraft and drones from “off the shelf” materials available in large home improvement stores
Al Qaeda operative traveled from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia for financing, tasked with developing a weaponized drone capability for use against the US or its interests overseas
“As (CIA Director) Tenet told us, ‘The system was blinking red in the Summer of 2001.’ Officials were alerted across the world. Many were doing everything they possibly could to respond to the threats. Yet no one working on these late leads in the Summer of 2001 connected the case in his or her in-box to the threat reports agitating senior officials and being briefed to the President..”
And airliners are only good for transporting people.