… I predict that the Boston bombings, closely following the Aurora and Newtown shootings, are a game-changer. While we are a resilient people with a collective attention deficit disorder that might cause us to put Boston’s events specifically behind us more quickly than we should, I believe that in the […] Read more »
Terrorism in the US: what is the real threat level?
Though we know nothing yet about who committed the bombings at the Boston Marathon, or why they did so, the assumption at this point is that these were acts of terror – and, as the president affirmed Tuesday, is being investigated as such. The shadow cast by the 9/11 attack […] Read more »
Have Americans become complacent in the face of terrorism?
… Americans still see terrorism as a high-stakes public policy issue, though it has almost disappeared altogether from their list of the nation’s top problems. A Gallup poll released Monday — which was conducted in early April — found zero percent of Americans volunteering “terrorism” as the country’s most important […] Read more »
Most Britons back assassination of terrorists in UK or abroad, poll finds
A majority of Britons support the “targeted killing” of terrorists, both overseas and at home, according to a YouGov poll. The survey, carried out for the defence policy thinktank RUSI and launched in London on Tuesday, finds 54% of the public support assassinating individual terrorists abroad, against 31% who object. […] Read more »
65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad
Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists. Americans are, however, much less likely to say the U.S. should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against U.S. citizens living abroad who are suspected terrorists (41%); […] Read more »
Most Americans approve of foreign drone strikes
Rand Paul’s filibuster on Wednesday drew renewed attention to the U.S. government’s program of drone warfare. Paul’s focus — whether Obama believed that he could legally authorize a drone strike on a U.S. citizen on American soil — ultimately earned a direct response from Attorney General Eric Holder. … The […] Read more »