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.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. April 20, 2009. Why more substantive debate and non-military solutions are needed in this war.
Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer. April 20, 2009. TV spin-meisters claim that violence from Mexico's drug trade threatens to spill over into the U.S. This is pure fear mongering.
Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. March 3, 2009. The chances of being affected by a terrorist attack are slim, but disruptions to our far-flung supply lines for food, water and energy are a reality.
