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  Why Is Terrorism so Hard?

  Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 1:35pm CDT

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  I don't know how I missed this great series from Slate in February. It's eight essays exploring why there have been no follow-on terrorist attacks in the U.S. since 9/11 (not counting the anthrax mailings, I guess). Some excerpts: Al-Qaida's successful elimination of the Twin Towers, part of the Pentagon, four jetliners, and nearly 3,000 innocent lives makes the terror...
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  Arming the Boston Police with Assault Rifles

  Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 5:57am CDT

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  Whose idea is this? The Boston Police Department is preparing a plan to arm as many as 200 patrol officers with semiautomatic assault rifles, a significant boost in firepower that department leaders believe is necessary to counter terrorist threats, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the plan. The initiative calls for equipping specialized units, such as the bomb squad...