Potential security risk in Times Square

An alert reader emailed me about a possible security risk in Times Square that hasn't seen media coverage outside of NYC. Fortunately, like most of us these days, he's got a blog, and the scoop:

One of the things we were supposed to have learned from 9/11 is that blind faith does not constitute a security program.

The point is not that the [military] recruiters involved ought to be suspected of being terrorists. It's that their military credentials shouldn't buy them exemption from common sense precautions.

To put it simply: If there are going to be 3,000 pound metal boxes [cars] parked in the middle of Times Square, they ought to be have an awfully good reason to be there. And they should be inspected regularly--whoever happens to own them.

If we can't something this simple right, how are we ever going to meet the more difficult security challenges?

Indeed. Times Square always has foot traffic, it's where all the tourists go. There shouldn't be the potential for a large bomb to just sit there.