Jan 17
Bruce Schneier points us to another classic example of how fear/stupidity mongers are allowing terrorists to achieve their ultimate goal of getting us to disrupt our own lives for them.
Sep 30
Hey! I’m back!
Unfortunately just in time to post the full text of the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
Just passed by Congress and on its way for approval by The President.
Another blow to freedom, and another step toward Bush’s police state.
I wonder how long it will be until those who oppose the current regime are branded terrorists and jailed without trial?
May 17
In the latest Crypto-Gram Bruce Schneier comments on columnist John Tierney’s op-ed in the New York Times. Bruce has some interesting thoughts on terrorism and the media. I definitely recommend taking a few minutes to read it. Here’s a bit from the article.
Consider this thought experiment. If the press did not report the 9/11 attacks, if most people in the U.S. didn’t know about them, then the attacks wouldn’t have been such a defining moment in our national politics. If we lived 100 years ago, and people only read newspaper articles and saw still photographs of the attacks, then people wouldn’t have had such an emotional reaction. If we lived 200 years ago and all we had to go on was the written word and oral accounts, the emotional reaction would be even less. Modern news coverage amplifies the terrorists’ actions by endlessly replaying them, with real video and sound, burning them into the psyche of every viewer.
