"What is a terrorist, these days? We have no shared definition in this global war -- we know terrorism when it strikes us.
But that definition opens the door to any nation -- especially a nation that says it's on our side in this fight -- to use terrorism as an excuse to limit dissent. We need to know both "our enemy" as well as those who would be our conscience."
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Mark Trahant: Terrorism wears many faces
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 6/27)
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