> "Osama bin Laden and his disciples are small men and secondary threats
> whose shadows are made large by our fears."
>
> This administration has heard what it has wished to hear, pressured
> the intelligence community to verify preconceptions, undermined or
> sidetracked opposing voices, and both instituted and been victim of
> procedures that guaranteed that the slightest terrorist threat
> reporting would receive disproportionate weight -- thereby comforting
> the administration's preconceptions and policy inclinations."
>
> "McCain, accepting this view of the threats, pledges to continue the
> Bush administration's policy of few distinctions but ruthless
> actions."
>
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> "Overstating Our Fears"
>
> By Glenn L. Carle ...