Abstract
Recent events have caused an understandably dramatic increase in the attention paid to the science of homeland security and anti-terrorism. Both as a country and as individuals, we find ourselves contemplating methods to prevent, thwart, or at least attenuate terrorist activities. The war on terror, however, is unlike any war our country has fought in that the enemy is distributed, secretive, and follows no traditional “rules of war”. If we are to win this battle then, we must adapt our methods to face the challenge. Rather than military strategy, the war on terror will require a collaborative effort among individuals in a range of fields, including many areas of human factors. This panel session presents a small cross-section of topics related to antiterrorism which represent opportunities for human factors involvement. It is hoped that presentation and discussion of these topics with our colleagues will foster further thinking on and expansion of these as well as identification of other opportunities for human factors involvement in the war on terror.
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