February 2010
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Richard Cohen Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Kudos to Cohen for being able to write this through his fearful tears.
January 2010
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Lord Hoffmann Is Not Afraid of the Terrorists →
We lose when we erode the rule of law.
December 2009
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Bruce Schneier Remains Unafraid →
Bruce Schneirer:
Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. The more we undermine our own laws, the more we convert our buildings into fortresses, the more we reduce the freedoms and liberties at the...
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Jennifer Rubin Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
We are a nation of chickens, not laws.
November 2009
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David Foster Wallace Was Not Afraid →
David Foster Wallace, in November 2007:
“In still other words, what if we chose to accept the fact that every few years, despite all reasonable precautions, some hundreds or thousands of us may die in the sort of ghastly terrorist attack that a democratic republic cannot 100-percent protect itself from without subverting the very principles that make it worth protecting?”
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John Bolton Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Glenn Greenwald nails him:
All over the world, countries have put terrorists on trial in
their largest and most important cities — London, Madrid, Mumbai,
Denpasar (the capital of Bali). That’s because their countries
weren’t flooded by meek, frightened little men like John Bolton
who want to send their fellow citizens to bomb and invade as many
countries as they...
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North Carolina Republican Virginia Foxx Is Afraid... →
“This is a bad precedent that risks self-proclaimed terrorists making a mockery of the constitutional rights they will be given.”
How could we live with ourselves if Khalid Sheik Mohammed were to mock our constitutional rights?
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Illinois Republican Mark Kirk Is Afraid of the... →
Daniel Strauss explains:
Here, I’ll make Kirk’s life easier and predict the result of the study right now: The. Prisoners. Who. Will. Be. Locked. In. A. Maximum. Security. Prison. Will. Not. Endanger. Any. Tall. Buildings. Or. Airports. Anywhere.
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Tom Tomorrow Is Not Afraid →
The Association of Right-Wing Bedwetters Presents: 5 Extremely Compelling Reasons Not to Hold Terror Trials in New York City.
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Bruce Schneier Is Not Afraid →
Bruce Schneier, back in 2006:
The surest defense against terrorism is to refuse to be terrorized. Our job is to recognize that terrorism is just one of the risks we face, and not a particularly common one at that. And our job is to fight those politicians who use fear as an excuse to take away our liberties and promote security theater that wastes money and doesn’t make us any safer.
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Charles Krauthammer Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Charles Krauthammer:
Apart from the fact that any such trial will be a security nightmare and a terror threat to New York — what better propaganda-by-deed than blowing up the courtroom, making KSM a martyr and turning the judge, jury and spectators into fresh victims? — it will endanger U.S. security.
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Senate Republican Whip Jon Kyl Is Afraid of the... →
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl:
“It’s an unnecessary risk to bring the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9-11 attacks to downtown Manhattan.”
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Bill O'Reilly Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Bill O’Reilly:
“I don’t care about the Constitution!”
At least he’s honest.
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Democratic New York Governor David Paterson Is... →
“It’s very painful,” he added. “We’re still having trouble getting over it. We still have been unable to rebuild that site, and having those terrorists tried so close to the attack is going to be an encumbrance on all New Yorkers.”
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Ben Franklin Was Not Afraid →
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755
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House Minority Leader John Boehner Is Afraid of... →
The Hill:
House Minority Leader John Boehner said that Republicans will attempt to force Democratic leaders to hold a vote on a bill that would ban Guantanamo Bay detainees from being transferred to the United States.
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Texas Republican Louie Gohmert Is Afraid of the... →
Gohmert first claimed that “millions of New Yorkers who will be put at risk” by such a trial, where “you’ve got weak links all along the way. From the jailers, the bailiffs, the clerks, the jurors, the judge, everybody in the courtroom, their families. You’ve got subways, tunnels, bridges, all subject to terrorism.”
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Republican Senator James Inhofe Is Afraid of the... →
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Republican Dana Rohrabacher Is Afraid of the... →
California representative Dana Rohrabacher on Twitter:
Obama moves terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to NYC, putting a bullseye on that city again.
Again?
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Sarah Palin Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Republican former vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin:
“It will also be an insult to the victims of 9/11, as Mohammed will no doubt use the opportunity to spew his hateful rhetoric in the same neighborhood in which he ruthlessly cut down the lives of so many Americans.”
Words are scary.
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Senator Chuck Grassley Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley:
“I think a lot of Americans thought O.J. Simpson oughta been convicted of murder rather than being in jail for what he’s in jail for. It seemed to me ludicrous. I’m a farmer, not a lawyer, but I just wanted to make an observation.”
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Pat Buchanan Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
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NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Is Not Afraid →
Michael Bloomberg:
“I have great confidence that the NYPD, with federal authorities, will handle security expertly. The NYPD is the best police department in the world and it has experience dealing with high-profile terrorism suspects and any logistical issues that may come up during the trials.”
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Arizona Republican John Shadegg Is Afraid of the... →
Rep. John Shadegg:
“I saw the Mayor of New York said today, ‘We’re tough. We can do it.’ Well, Mayor, how are you going to feel when it’s your daughter that’s kidnapped at school by a terrorist? How are you going to feel when it’s some clerk — some innocent clerk of the court — whose daughter or son is kidnapped? Or the jailer’s little brother or little sister? This is political correctness...
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Rudy Giuliani Is Afraid of the Terrorists →
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Illinois Republican Jim Sacia Is Not Afraid →
“I understand I’m on different pages of music with others in my party. First of all this should not be a partisan issue in anyway. If President Obama brings the detainees on U.S. soil and we sit here with a brand new state-of-the-art, max security prison, sitting vacant for the last eight years, and pass on an opportunity to sell it to the federal government, which we would fill it...
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Eric Holder Is Not Afraid →
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee:
“I’m not scared of what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has to say at trial,” Holder said. “And no one else needs to be afraid either. I have every confidence that the nation and the world will see him for the coward that he is.”