April is the cruelest month, but Boston is strong: Looking back at the homeland security lessons of the marathon attacks

A little late, but to mark the anniversary of the tragic events in Boston in 2013, I think it is appropriate to share again this video NPS-CHDS produced to analyze the homeland security response to the catastrophe.

1. There is much more to homeland security than the Department of Homeland Security.

2. Homeland security works.

3. Homeland security doesn’t work, not all the time.

4. Don’t bother trying to plot dead and injured against attention

5. Technology and amateurs on social networks don’t automatically trump the grinding work of trained professionals.

6. It just got more difficult to cut homeland security spending.

7. Small towns need homeland security training just as much as the big cities.

8. During chaos, public emotion is more powerful than public rationality, and the consequences of emotion persist.

9. During chaos, the Constitution can be placed off to the side, without too many objections.