How Do You Stop A Future Terrorist?
On the theme I have been discussing on my last couple of Posts,today inThe New York Timesonline,there is an article on,
"How Do You Stop A Future Terrorist,
When The Only Evidence Is Thought?"
By Rukmini Callimachi
"MAGNANVILLE, France — The first time Larossi Abballa appeared on the radar of French terrorism investigators, the only act of violence they could pin on him was killing bunnies. When he and seven others were later arrested, the authorities found that several of the men had saved the video of the slaughter on their cellphones, alongside footage of soldiers being beheaded, according to French court records. Mr. Abballa was eventually convicted on a terrorism charge and spent more than two years in prison. Across Europe and the United States, law enforcement officials are struggling to reckon with attackers like Mr. Abballa and Omar Mateen, whose shooting rampage this month at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., left 49 dead. They are men who clearly seemed to be building toward violent acts, and whose names had surfaced in terrorism investigations, but who avoided crossing legal lines that could tip off the authorities until it was too late. With thousands of terrorism surveillance cases running at any given time, the European authorities say they are swamped and are in the difficult position of trying to head off attacks of which the only forewarning is often in the form of what someone thinks or what they are overheard saying."That is my question from my first Post of two days ago.When is it OK to arrest someone before they even commit an act of terrorism?A whole lot of people,who are my friends,grew up in the late 1960'sand 1970's blaming our Government for the Vietnam War.They openly protested what was going on in this country during the Civil Rights Riots.Would these people be considered Terrorists today?
This is,Considering What Would Happen If You Could Be Arrested For What You Thought.Maybe Communism Under Stalin?Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".”
- A.E. Samaan -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
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When The Only Evidence Is Thought?"
By Rukmini Callimachi
"MAGNANVILLE, France — The first time Larossi Abballa appeared on the radar of French terrorism investigators, the only act of violence they could pin on him was killing bunnies. When he and seven others were later arrested, the authorities found that several of the men had saved the video of the slaughter on their cellphones, alongside footage of soldiers being beheaded, according to French court records. Mr. Abballa was eventually convicted on a terrorism charge and spent more than two years in prison. Across Europe and the United States, law enforcement officials are struggling to reckon with attackers like Mr. Abballa and Omar Mateen, whose shooting rampage this month at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., left 49 dead. They are men who clearly seemed to be building toward violent acts, and whose names had surfaced in terrorism investigations, but who avoided crossing legal lines that could tip off the authorities until it was too late. With thousands of terrorism surveillance cases running at any given time, the European authorities say they are swamped and are in the difficult position of trying to head off attacks of which the only forewarning is often in the form of what someone thinks or what they are overheard saying."That is my question from my first Post of two days ago.When is it OK to arrest someone before they even commit an act of terrorism?A whole lot of people,who are my friends,grew up in the late 1960'sand 1970's blaming our Government for the Vietnam War.They openly protested what was going on in this country during the Civil Rights Riots.Would these people be considered Terrorists today?This is,Considering What Would Happen If You Could Be Arrested For What You Thought.Maybe Communism Under Stalin?Jim Hauenstein,
And,
“Democracy is not a form of government. It is a tool of government. Case in point, Stalinist USSR was a "democracy".”
- A.E. Samaan -
That is my story and I am sticking to it!
Like what you are reading,or do not like what you see.Sedt up my Blog as your Homepage,or sign up as a Follower,or leave a Comment,and I will answer you in a Post.
Thanks for reading.
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