Summary
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- Efforts to combat both foreign and domestic terrorists based on a realistic evaluation of the risks, costs, and impacts on civil liberties
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Background
We should recognize that we cannot reduce the risk of a terrorist attack to zero. Attempting to do so will be so costly that it risks advancing the objectives of terrorists by imposing excessive economic burdens or undermining civil liberties. Decisions in this area should be driven by a careful assessment of the risks and costs.
Sadly, the United States is threatened by both foreign and domestic terrorist groups. In some cases, the distinction between domestic and foreign terrorist threats is blurred by the role foreign governments and groups play in fomenting unrest in the U.S. for their own purposes.
The United States is ill served by allowing the fight against foreign and domestic terrorism to be politicized. Preventing this from happening starts with an admission across the political spectrum that (1) both foreign and domestic terrorism are real threats and (2) domestic terrorism from both the right and the left is a real threat.
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