Travis Gettys, reporting for Raw Story on, Muslim woman shot at and another nearly run off the road in Tampa after leaving mosques: Someone fired at least one gunshot at […]
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Tag: Terrorism
Patrick Henry did not say, “Give me absolute safety or give me death.” – John Stossel, ABC News journalist
Is Dick Cheney Unpatriotic?
Is Dick Cheney Unpatriotic? January 6, 2010Ivan Eland Former Vice President Dick Cheney has been railing against President Barack Obama for being weak-kneed on terrorism and failing to interdict the BVD […]
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Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Attempted Bombing
Learning the Wrong Lessons From the Attempted Bombing December 30, 2009Ivan Eland The botched attempt by a Nigerian, apparently trained in Yemen by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, to conduct a […]
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Government Terrorism Lists Are a Holiday Turkey
Government Terrorism Lists Are a Holiday Turkey November 25, 2009Ivan Eland As the holiday travel season rolls around again, the government’s terrorism watch list and no-fly list get ever more bizarre. […]
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Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Aren’t Enough
Civilian Trials for 9/11 Suspects Aren’t Enough November 18, 2009Ivan Eland The Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and four alleged […]
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Terrorism and Civil Liberties
Terrorism and Civil Liberties Politicians Blow Smoke Rather than Address Vital Issues May 26, 2009Ivan Eland Unfortunately, politicians claim they don’t read opinion polls, while scrutinizing them even more closely than options […]
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The Decline of Israel’s Leadership
The Decline of Israel’s Leadership January 7, 2009Alvaro Vargas Llosa WASHINGTON—The heart-wrenching events taking place in Gaza confirm what has been apparent since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin in 1995—the mediocrity […]
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Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor
Lame Duck Bush Administration Continues to Inflame Islamist Terrorism for Its Successor December 29, 2008Ivan Eland Although media coverage has focused on U.S. occupations and counterinsurgency/counterterrorist campaigns in Afghanistan and […]
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The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself
The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself December 8, 2008Ivan Eland As rage coursed through India after the Mumbai terrorist bombings, Condoleezza Rice, the Bush administration’s Secretary of […]
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The U.S. Government Is the Real Bioterror Threat
The U.S. Government Is the Real Bioterror Threat August 8, 2008Ivan Eland Assuming the federal government has, after almost seven years, finally identified the perpetrator of the anthrax attacks in 2001—admittedly […]
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