Selling Terror

Selling Terror
David Banisar, 2001-11-04

September 11 brought out the opportunists in Washington, and Silicon Valley.

Selling Terror 2001-11-05
Paulo Traça

This article is right to the point.
This is a very serious subject and deserves a lot of consideration and thought

Great article.

thanks,
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Selling Terror 2001-11-05
EJ

Well David, you have some good points there, BUT you offer a lot of criticism and no ideas of your own. If you think the Goverment and Tech "Kings" have a bad idea, offer a better one. I am quite sure there are many other items (besides the ones you mentioned)the goverment has implemented that actua...

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Selling Terror 2001-11-05
TR

I'm pleased that at least one Senator had the guts to abide by his oath of office and uphold the Constitution of The United States. Three cheers for Feingold!
I'm extremely distressed that we had another 99 who appear to be just taking up space. At least their brains are, they're certainly not func...

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Selling Terror 2001-11-05
WLA

I thought I was all alone ......

Thank You!
Mr. Banisar...

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Selling Terror 2001-11-06
Nervous in the USA

Excellent article. I'm glad not everyone has been brainwashed by the Sept. 11th tragedy to willingly throw away our privacy and civil liberties to provide security against terrorism.

I wonder when articles and opinions such as this will fall under the watchful eye of our nation's security and po...

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Welcome in 1984? Or 1939? 2001-11-06
A former soviet citizen in Germany, rather nervious

This article hits the point. Mr. Schilly in Germany is about to do the same thing here (allow wiretapping, introduce a Security ID with stored facial features or even digital fingerprint on it, etc, pp.).

To all politicians and voters out there: this kind of "experiment" has failed in other cou...

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on the long run things will prove this wrong 2001-11-16
lorenzo

I'm a dreamer, and I'm sure that this is only a period of time when things *have* to be restricted, to get to the next period - where there will be freedom.

Listen: people have been used to the idea of 'freedom' as something guaranteed. Therefore, they don't feel that it will disappear. It's like...

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You are right on! 2001-11-16
Straight Face

It takes a lot of balls to write such a honest article. Many would say you are unpatriotic, but I think believe the article brings out what the basis of this country is really about.

Thanks for the well-written article!

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coool !!! 2001-11-20
me

cccccccccoooooooooooool shit is it !!!!!!
shit !!!!!!...

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Sunset 2001-11-22
Tim Downing <tdowning@divestco.com>

Everyone who talks about the new legislation that is coming in to reduce "terrorist" threats seems to mention the sunset date. What is the point of putting a sunset date on this type of legislation? It means in five years when the legislation ends and the general public feels secure again there wi...

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