Both sides miss the point in the row over the recently-leaked DHS memo (available via a link here) regarding potential domestic security threats. The administration, in its sense of self-righteousness and view of American history, misses the faults in its assumptions about such threats. Conservatives meanwhile, in their own self-righteousness and certitude, miss key lessons from the history [...]
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Is National Security a Dead Issue?
In 2002 and 2004, Republicans saw enormous electoral success, in large part due to the GOP’s dominance of the national security issue and the high importance of homeland security to voters. Fortunately, there has not been another terrorist attack on American soil for over seven years — but due to this incredible fact, the importance [...]