[103539] in Cypherpunks
Re: Superterrorism
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Soren)
Tue Sep 29 08:23:26 1998
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 07:56:39 -0400
From: Soren <sorens@workmail.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Soren <sorens@workmail.com>
Good analysis, but conventional and poor conclusions. In the words of
Baba Re-bop, "If
you want to get kids off drugs (or CBW) ... Simple, improve reality"
John Young wrote:
> The Fall issue of Foreign Policy has an article, "The Great
> Superterrorism Scare," which critiques the national "obsession"
> with the threat of terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction:
>
> http://jya.com/superterror.htm (36K)
>
> It examines the reasons for the obsession, who is promoting
> it, who benefits, and what problems it may cause by diverting
> attention and resources away from genuine threats of lesser
> magnitude from religious cults, loners, antitaxers, militias and
> those with raging paranoia against the government.
>
> It's worth noting that the author recommends arrests be
> allowed of suspicious domestic hostiles though there is no proof
> of criminal intent, and that the FBI and CIA be freed from
> limitations on surveilling and investigating US citizens.
