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jere
Is there a corollary to Betteridge's law of headlines that talks about completely self evident and obvious headlines?
stfu
Unfortunately this discovery seems completely breaking news to some pro-NSA circles in DC.
gliese1337
My worry is that they will read the lines about how wiretapping couldn't be used in that type of investigation, etc., and decide that the real lesson is that terrorism can't be completely prevented unless we do even more surveillance.
northwest
A fish does not always hover above the surface.
mindslight
Actually, eliminating all terror attacks is pretty straightforward - stop the endless sensationalist reporting that turns audience fear into the main event.
cfevhbwh
There's an even better way to stop terror attacks: Stop bombing innocent countries.
mc32
That didn't stop ETA, or the IRA, or the people who used to bomb Paris. China does not bomb the Uighur areas. The Indian gov't does not go about 'bombing' minorities. None of the target counties 'bombed' the perps. Now, the perps might have felt 'oppressed' or had some outstanding issues with said target govt's.

But it's not as simple as 'don't bomb'.

So it's not that simple.