How Dianne Feinstein Exaggerates Global Terrorism
A lesson in how to hype an unquantifiable threat with bogus numbers
Condor Friedersdorf
The Atlantic Monthly, 30 January 2013
EXTRACT:
To make the claim that “terrorism is at an all-time high worldwide,” Feinstein counts attacks against the U.S. military by the Taliban. Put another way, her definition of terrorism stretches to include attacks that are not committed against civilians; attacks that are, in fact, aimed at uniformed soldiers in a declared, ongoing war.
