From: Soren <sorens@workmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 07:08:28 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: Re: Superterrorism
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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.