September, 2006

Knee-Jerk Security

by Veronique de Rugy
The Conversation
September 26th, 2006

While I am packing to come back to the US with my two toddlers after 10 days in France, I just found out that “passengers will be able to carry lotions and gels onto airliners again after a six-week ban, but only in tiny containers of 3 ounces or less and only if they’re in [...]

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Misunderstanding the Threat

by Timothy Naftali
The Conversation
September 20th, 2006

At the core of this debate is a disagreement over the operational consequences of misunderstanding the threat. Clark Ervin employs the analogy of the Cold War and of personal faith to argue that these consequences are not significant enough, comparatively speaking, to weigh against accepting an expansive view of the terrorist challenge. I take a [...]

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