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...zone of combat” argument? Well, when facing an enemy whose tactics are directed chiefly at civilians far removed from the conventional battlefield, we might say that the entire American homeland is potentially a “zone of combat.” Moreover, the Quirin Court made short work of this argument in 1942. It said that American citizens who enter U.S. territory during wartime “in civilian dress and with hostile purpose” are “enemy belligerents,” plain and simple. Whether they are physically captured...
Late last month, University President Lawrence H. Summers sent two letters to Washington. One was addressed to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, the other to Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Tom Ridge ’67. The documents detailed problems that have surfaced at Harvard and across higher education since Sept...
...surprisingly, the Department of Homeland Security took a lot of flak for the incident. After all, if a well-meaning college student from Maryland can sneak the requisite tools for a hi-jacking on board a jet, who’s to say that someone with far more sinister motives couldn’t do it, too? As it turns out, the TSA has known about its Swiss cheese airport security for a while. In July, 2002, it conducted an internal test of its security procedures at the 32 largest airports in America. Even with the newly instituted random checks...
...point, Wetzel was the second-ranked junior in his native Germany. He represented his homeland on the Junior Davis Cup Team, and for good measure, he joined the German Army...
Nonsense. Some $100 billion will be spent on homeland security over the next few years with or without any domestic terrorism, and that provides a rich backdrop for certain defense and technology stocks. Meanwhile, gold and oil are a great hedge against geopolitical turmoil and should do fine anyway, as fast-growing China inhales the world's natural resources. Holding extra cash is a buffer against the unknown and could pay double if you invest it in the teeth of a terrorism sell-off and then wait for the inevitable rebound...