Word: terrorismã
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...drug courts” which see their duty as “cleaning up the streets” rather than finding facts, critically scrutinizing evidence, and doing justice. Ditto for national security courts, which rarely deny a government claim or request. President Bush wants “terrorism?? cases sent to specialized anti-terror courts (so-called “military tribunals”) for a reason; he cannot be absolutely certain of a conviction in a court devoted to truth and justice rather than to a perceived political necessity...
...British are characteristically phlegmatic about terrorism??we have, after all, lived with it in our own backyard for over 30 years. Nevertheless, there does appear to be a remarkable consensus across public opinion and amongst politicians, that the easy fusion in the minds of the present American administration between terrorism and so-called “rogue” states, is not as simple or as rational as Richard Perle would have us all believe. The vast majority also believe that it is the U.N. that should decide on military action, not President Bush, aided and abetted...
...military’s spear. And while the tactical air mission in Afghanistan is all but complete, it is still a good bet that carrier-based Navy jets will have a role in whatever military action is required for the next phase of the War on Terrorism??be it in Iraq or somewhere else...
Kayyem says she expects that this reality will cause cities to specialize in different areas of anti-terrorism??biological attacks, for example—instead of setting the broad goal of fighting terrorism in general...
Little says the war on terrorism??s difference from wars throughout U.S. history have caused this short-lived peak in military and religious support...