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...judgment. The authors of these pieces have found fault with scientific experts who presume to be able to evaluate the probability of a smallpox bioterrorism event. Some have even implied that to question decisions by the executive branch and federal agencies in the “war on terrorism?? borders on being unpatriotic. Little legitimacy has been given to the concerns about the safety of the vaccine or whether the mass immunization strategy is really the most effective approach in a post event environment. It is curious that these same authors rarely express doubts about politicians who presume...
...Baghdad; maybe Saddam, realizing he has nothing left to lose, will not fire off whatever biological or chemical weapons he possesses; maybe the war will not act as a boon to al Qaeda—America’s real enemy in the “War Against Terrorism??—as they seek to portray the U.S. as violent, anti-Muslim aggressors. Maybe...
More troubling, however, is how the bill undermines fundamental constitutional rights of Americans by using vague and overbroad definitions of “terrorism?? and “terrorist organization”—terms capriciously defined by the Attorney General. Under PATRIOT II, native-born Americans are at risk of having their citizenship stripped if they provide “material support” to so-labeled “terrorist” organizations, regardless if the citizen is involved only in lawful activities. There is no governmental check set up to oversee such decisions either...
...stem from different approaches to international politics, not from different values. They are mere squabbles among people committed to promoting democracy, pluralism, and good governance. And once we all recognize and respect that shared commitment, we’ll be able to tackle the war on terrorism??and all the democratization challenges embedded in that struggle—all the more forcefully...
Sociology 167: “The Social Origins of Terrorism?? Professor Ziad Munson said he saw a spike in his class enrollment this year...