View from a Farley

I’ve felt for a long time that the success of terrorism isn’t measured by body counts, but by how much the target modifies its own values out of fear. Nine years on, our beliefs in privacy and right to a speedy trial are being challenged by warrantless wiretaps and renditions. The 9/11 terrorists hated the freedom that America had, so don’t we play into their hands every time we curb civil liberties in the name of counter-terrorism?

I’ve never been able to articulate that sentiment very well, but Ted Koppel has. Read his op-ed; it’s worth it.