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The Most Important Question

…person left on the planet who would like to commit an act of terrorism? When there is no person left in the world who would like to harm Americans? When…

"Freedom"

…the invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the US administration had reached the conclusion that “in the end, we can take security and military measures against terrorism but… the best…

Social Security Part I: Insurance and Risk Premiums

terrorism, the declining dollar, jobs, and the massive general fund deficits. As mentioned already, the basic solvency of Social Security (or solvency conditional on minor adjustments) is established, so I’d…

Aschroft Blasts Judges for Doing Their Job

…“second guessing” the Bush administration’s decisions on handling prisoners captured in the war against terrorism. Without referring to specific adverse rulings on the treatment of detainees or enemy combatants, Ashcroft…

Michael Scheuer leaves CIA

…openly about terrorism and what he sees as the government’s failure to understand the threat from al Qaeda. “I have concluded that there has not been adequate national debate over…

Fiscal Policy Options for Bush’s Second Term

…that Bush’s approach to the war on terrorism precludes that anytime soon. And sure there may be some DoD pork, but isn’t one of the Bush-Cheney goals to further increase…

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…they simply start quoting the numerous passages from the 9/11 commission report that indicate that the Bush administration responded woefully inadequately to the looming threat of terrorism in 2001? Kash…