Nothing But Words

Today’s Political Links

• The terror threat at home, often overlooked: this is a CS Monitor article from a few months ago, and it blew my mind. The article recounts a couple instances of domestic terrorism plots that were averted, yet they’ve received almost zero play in the media. Domestic terrorism is an issue that no one can score political points with (i.e. no one’s going to win an election preaching about the dangers of domestic anti-government groups), and to me it shows how much of a lap dog the media has become. If you read the article, I think you’ll agree it deserves as much attention as terrorism from foreign sources.
• Torture at Abu Ghraib: this New Yorker article is not an easy read, but it’s an important one. It’s a first attempt to determine exactly who was involved or complicit in the torture of Iraqi prisoners. It’s looking like it went further then a handful of MPs. And this CS Monitor article - To Arabs, photos confirm brutal US - indicates that these incidents have pretty much destroyed whatever credibility the US still had with moderate Iraqis. I’ll try to follow up on this in a post later this week.