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In an alarming case, U.S. attorneys exploited post-9/11 counterterrorism policies to pursue and prosecute an environmental activist.
  • Terrorism isn't always bad.

    Sometimes you have to smash the machine, a little bit. Sometimes you have to fight back, it's your duty. What we in the US call "Terrorism" is little more than irritation. If we had real terrorism, real direct action, you'd see a real change. Ok so McVeigh was tad over the top and his politics were a jumbled mess, but the method is entirely sound. In Palestine, Iraq etc. "Terrorism" is used to entirely legitimate ends. It's just another tool of politics.