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Ross Gittins on the exaggeration of the threat of terrorism
The Sydney Morning Herald is carrying an opinion piece by Ross Gittins discussing the exaggeration of the threat of terrorism by governments, and explains why they do it, together with offering suggestions as to better uses of their time. It flirts briefly with tinfoil hat theories near the end, but is otherwise a worthwhile read.
In the same paper, Ben Saul writes that the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2005 is a massive overreaction to the limited threat we face.