This summer’s FIFA World Cup was wildly successful in many respects. For one, there was no major security incident, thanks in part to federal and local law enforcement working together to seize more than 700 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, flying without authorization near U.S. tournament venues.

Thankfully, the tournament finished without a serious drone incident, but the potential for harm was nevertheless real. Under the control of a malicious pilot, a drone could have dropped lethal explosives over a crowded stadium or fan festival, killing or maiming hundreds or even thousands. A weaponized drone could potentially have created 9/11-level carnage.

ICE has only three letters, yet a good part of American political life now treats it as a four-letter word, the old English-language shorthand for a curse word. Before deciding whether the contempt is earned, it is worth doing something few critics bother to do: read the name out loud.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Every one of those words describes a job that any sovereign country assigns to someone. Congress writes immigration law. Congress writes customs law. A law that nobody enforces is a suggestion, and the agency Congress created in 2003 to enforce both carries that name for a reason.

The cloud sounds weightless. Yet artificial intelligence models, government records, financial transactions and communications rely on physical machines housed in identifiable places. The cloud has an address, and that address can be attacked.