By now the ritual of terror has become depressingly familiar. First, the confusion surrounding the initial reportsofexplosionsorshooting, then dread as the death toll mounts and the scale of the carnage becomes apparent. Eventually, CCTV images and other sources reveal the identities of the terrorists, and the blame game starts. In the case of the Brussels attacks, how could known accomplices of the Paris killers hide for months in their own neighborhoods? And if they could evade the authorities and launch a deadly assault, how many more might be laying in wait to do the same?
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