7 Ways to Protect Times Square--Without Invasive Cameras

When Faisal Shahzad allegedly drove his Nissan Pathfinder, packed with explosives, into Times Square on Saturday, he was likely aiming for a place dense with tourists, theatergoers, sidewalk hucksters, and at least one naked cowboy -- a target rich environment. Happily, thanks to a combination of Shahzad's ineptitude and a quick-witted T-shirt vendor, NYPD's crack bomb squad disabled the Rube Goldberg contraption before it could detonate.

We got lucky. But apart from larding the theater...