Cypherpunks and terrorism

[Declan McCullagh]

On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 06:00:46PM +0200, Nomen Nescio wrote:
> Some terrorists have exactly this as their goal.  They are hoping
> to trigger a counter-reaction, an over-reaction, by the authorities.
> They want to see a crackdown on liberties, a police state.  This will
> weaken the enemy and demoralize him.  It will increase hostility and
> make the population less willing to support the government.

This is nonsense. I suspect the bin Laden want the U.S. to stop
handing Israel billions of dollars a year in aid and weapons. Not
bombing pharmecutical plants and lifting an embargo that kills
hundreds of thousands (allegedly) of Iraqi women and children might be
a nice move too.

-Declan