Originally posted by whodey
It is an obvious terrorist target. Remember 9/11? They tried the same thing years before and it failed the first time. This tells me that they may continue to target it until they are successful. Therefore, asking what benefit in terms of harming the country it will produce is a logical question I think. If it will cause systemic harm, perhaps they shoul ...[text shortened]... think about decentralizing the Fed so that not all of their eggs are in one basket so to speak.
There are bigger targets. One of the ones that people should think about is the Hoover Dam. There are tens of thousands of people downrange of the Dam and electricity generation for about 20% of the southwest United States would be lost. It's a great place for a phalanx.