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...Here in the U.S., where such nightmare black market scenarios thankfully remain in the realm of fiction, the money issue does have the potential to underscore the already painful divide between the country?s haves and have-nots. "The danger some people see in compensating survivors is the concern that it would have much more of a negative impact on a poor family than on a wealthy family," says Dr. Howard Brody, professor of family practice at the Center for Ethics and Humanities at Michigan State University. "People worry that we?ll end up taking organs from the poor...
...Laden is killed or captured and his Afghan network destroyed, argues John Chipman, director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, "maintaining the impression of a clear and present danger will become more challenging, yet the requirement to create a political, economic, intelligence and legal infrastructure to defeat terrorism persists...
...There's a realization that we're confronting issues that place our interests in direct danger," says Hadi Semati, an adviser to President Mohammed Khatami, "that it is part of Iran's national security to take a step forward ? and there's no road back...
...identifying people, but it can't identify terrorists. Only a handful of the 19 hijackers in the U.S. attacks were on terrorist wanted lists; biometrics would not have stopped those not on the lists from boarding the planes. Better trained - and better paid - airport security staff might have. The danger is that we will rely too heavily on technology, relaxing in a false sense of security while ignoring less flashy, but often more effective, solutions...
...Responsible Cooperators Program is not without its faults. The Justice Department has admitted that some visa violations will be not be excused even by helpful information, meaning that individuals who do give information may still find themselves deported afterwards. If no changes are made to the program, the danger of deportation could lead those who could help in the fight against terrorism to stay as far as they can from Justice Department offices...