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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > [image: Cato Institute] > The Cato Institute invites you to a Book Forum > > *Terrorizing Ourselves: Why U.S. > Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and > How to Fix It > <http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=77z,1ddhv,2y8w,736f,7mrz,4ie0,h5pg> > * > > featuring > *Benjamin Friedman* > Research Fellow in Defense and Homeland Security Studies, Cato Institute > > *Rick “Ozzie” Nelson* > Director of the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, > Center for Strategic and International Studies > > and > *Jim Harper* > Director of Information Policy Studies, Cato Institute > > moderated by *Christopher Preble* > Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute > > [image: The Rational > Optimist]<http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=77z,1ddhv,2y8w,2m1v,492b,4ie0,h5pg> > Purchase > book<http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=77z,1ddhv,2y8w,2m1v,492b,4ie0,h5pg>U.S. > policymakers too often manipulate and exaggerate the threat of terrorism. > The result is a public that believes what terrorists want people to think: > that they are global supervillains who can wreck American society unless we > submit to their demands. The attempted bombing in Times Square demonstrates > again the tensions between media and political demands to ratchet up fears > and the focused, methodical, investigatory work that counters terrorism. In > *Terrorizing Ourselves: How U.S. Counterterrorism Policy Is Failing and > How to Fix > It<http://www.uptilt.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=77z,1ddhv,2y8w,2m1v,492b,4ie0,h5pg>, > *leading scholars and analysts dismantle much of the flawed thinking that > dominates U.S. counterterrorism policy today. They demonstrate that polices > inspired by the specter of indomitable terrorists are self-defeating, > leading to needless war, wasted wealth, and diminished freedoms. 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