Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: World. November 14, 2009. The only thing they fear more than terrorist attacks is having to face up to the pointlessness of what has been done with their support.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: World. November 11, 2009. Jasen D. Bruce hit the priest in the head with a tire iron, then chased him three blocks.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 7, 2009. Using the threat of violence to intimidate others for political ends is a form of terrorism.
Robert Wright, AlterNet. July 16, 2009. Chris Hitchens, Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins have enlisted in the War on Terror because they believe that religion is not just mistaken, but evil.
Rachel Meeropol, Center for Constitutional Rights. July 15, 2009. Under the AETA, if you and a friend go on the web to research a company whose practices you plan to protest, you may have just become a terrorist.
Tana Ganeva, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2009. The network is airing a reality show that sends a former Navy Seal, Green Beret and a reporter on manhunts for alleged "terrorists."
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. July 1, 2009. Former CIA official Michael Scheuer has taken some provocative policy positions over the years, but I never thought he'd go this far.
Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. June 20, 2009. The feds cleared 9 out of 10 gun purchases by those on the secretive 'watch list.' Oh, and explosives too!
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. June 5, 2009. President Obama hit almost all the right notes today in his possibly game-changing speech aimed at repairing America's rift with the Muslim world.
Nathan Robinson, AlterNet. June 4, 2009. O'Reilly turns political spats into "moral" crusades and his opponents into monsters -- an extremist worldview that leads to violence.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. May 23, 2009. Turns out it is really the handiwork of a creepy FBI informant. The story strengthens the narrative that the "homeland" is under attack. It's not.