[Gateway] During the year-end CBS News correspondents roundtable, Catherine Herridge, the network’s senior investigative correspondent, made a grim prediction for 2024, referring to a potential ’Black Swan event’ — a national security crisis with unpredictable high impact.
A "black swan event" refers to an unpredictable or unforeseen event, typically one with extreme consequences. This term was popularized by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his 2007 book "The Black Swan".
Like a terrorist attack from Illegals pouring across the Southern Border? Naaaahhhh. Couldn't be
Margaret Brennan, moderating the discussion, asked Herridge about her prediction.
Catherine Herridge, a seasoned reporter who has covered national security and intelligence for years, had an unsettling message regarding what the future might hold, especially under the Biden regime.
"Well, mine’s a little dark," she began. "I just feel a lot of concern that 2024 may be the year of a black swan event. This is a national security event with high impact that’s very hard to predict."
She outlined several factors contributing to her prediction. "There are a number of concerns- concerns, I have that factor into that. Not only this sort of enduring, heightened threat level that we’re facing, the wars in Israel, also Ukraine."
Herridge emphasized the internal divisions within the United States, which she believes could create opportunities for adversaries like North Korea, China, and Iran.
"And we’re so divided in this country in ways that we haven’t seen before. And I think that just creates fertile ground for our adversaries like North Korea, China and Iran. And that’s what concerns me most," she added.
You mean like waves of military age men (MAMS) streaming across out Southern border? Or foreign observations balloons transiting our sensitive areas? Or bio warfare disguised as a type of flu? Or a golden BB taking out an aircraft carrier along with 4000 US sailors ?
Responding to Herridge’s comments, Brennan noted the widespread anxiety such predictions could cause. "A lot of people are up at night with that concern, Catherine. At least in this town," Brennan said, highlighting the gravity of Herridge’s warning.
Saving something for a book are you? End the foking klikbait! Specific scenarios please, rank ordered and time-lined from most likely to least likely. Please return to your beltway sources and retrieve the facts, Indications and Warning (I&W), that sort of thing.
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