Thursday, December 04, 2008 | 12:58 p.m.

The Implausibility of Nuclear Terrorism

by Steve Chapman

"Death tugs at my ear and says, 'Live, I am coming.'" Were Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. alive today, he might ascribe that line not to death but to nuclear terrorism.

Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, Americans have had to live with the knowledge that the next time the terrorists strike, it could be not with airplanes capable of killing thousands but atomic bombs capable of killing hundreds of thousands.

The prospect has created a sense of profound vulnerab ...

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Posted by: bill s
Comment: #1
Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:46 AM

The fault in this argument is this: WTC II was unthinkable too! Herculean efforts coupled with thinking outside the box were needed to make this happen and happen it did! Why is it thought so difficult to mount a small, yet devastating, nuclear campaine against freedom? Thinking INside the box!! The fact there have been no attacks on US soil since 9/11 is not due to a hurdle so high it can't be done, it's due to the fact everything needed has not been collected and concenetrated. And while al-Q is covered (seemingly) as well as it is, just because there is no news worthy event to report on does not imply no efforts are being made. It seems arrogant that to postulate otherwise is irresponsible at best and lulling at worst. We can not allow our guard to relax for Mickey has ticked! Time to relax has once again shifted to a very unique kind of mind set and paradigm. Time has made things very different than they were in the past, we need to remember that. Dare we trust in our efforts thus far and simply lighten up?

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