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September 9, 2010 | What America Has Lost after 9/11

The United States’ reaction to September 11 was the result of a shock to an established and secure American system. ++ Nonetheless, the measures taken so far to tackle the menace of terrorism are more “damaging”  than the attack itself. ++ The rise of a “national security state,” with an extended intelligence apparatus, is affecting every aspect of American life. ++ The vastness of the

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January 16, 2009 | Rethinking the "War on Terror"

The 9/11 attacks created global solidarity in the fight against a common enemy: terrorism. ++ The response was found in the “war on terror” and sometimes justifies resort to force for the rightness of the cause. ++ However, “the issue is not whether we need to attack the use of terror at its roots, with all the tools available. We must. The question is how”. ++ A military response, as the Iraqi

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December 11, 2008 | Terrorists use Guantanamo Trials as Propaganda

Five accused planners of the 9/11 attacks have withdrawn guilty-pleas, which were not enough to save them from the death penalty. ++ The trials are a farce, not least because they are being held at “Gitmo.” ++ The terrorists are benefiting from the illegitimate process. ++ It is a farce Obama will likely inherit. ++ He should either change the military commissions to grant more transparency and

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April 30, 2007 | Rendition at Risk: Bush Administration's Excesses Have Endangered a Valuable Tool

Daniel Benjamin writes in Slate that among the many disputed actions taken by the United States government following September 11, those predicated on faulty intelligence and the irresponsible treatment of prisoners have incited particular condemnation by the international community. Specifically, US reliance on renditions as a method of counterrorism

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