A big question of the last decade is how have the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed American society. Writing for ” title=”comment”>comment from Richard Clarke, the former White House counterterrorism chief:
“There’s going to be a terrorist strike some day,” Clarke told Frontline for its “Top Secret America” documentary this week. “And when there is, if you’ve reduced the terrorism budget, the other party, whoever the other party is at the time, is going to say that you were responsible for the terrorist strike because you cut back the budget. And so it’s a very, very risky thing to do.”
In other words, Ackerman says that American politics are locked in a situation where politicians are punished if are perceived to de-emphasize programs and efforts that protect against terrorism.
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