Punishing the Afghan government that harbors the terrorists presents a completely different challenge than planners faced during the Persian Gulf war.
The terrorists present the industry now with potentially infinite losses.
One of the most unchallenged, zany assertions during the war on terror has been that terrorists present an existential threat to the United States, the modern state and civilization itself.
For example, one of its senior fellows writes: "One of the most unchallenged, zany assertions during the war on terror has been that terrorists present an existential threat to the United States".
In "What Makes a Terrorist," he presents his argument in full.
"Given the nature of how terrorists act and where they tend to hide, it may not always be feasible to capture a United States citizen terrorist who presents an imminent threat of violent attack," Mr. Holder said in a speech at Northwestern University's law school.
The details of the father's killing are still murky; Kyrgyz police said Muhammadrafiq Kamalov was a terrorist but presented no evidence to satisfy independent observers.
For full-service carriers like British Airways, the terrorist attacks presented an unusual opportunity to push through cost-cutting measures that might otherwise have been opposed by local unions and government officials, analysts said.
"Logically, someone under NSA surveillance, such as a terrorist, may present more interest to the government if they are inside the United States," but the surveillance can be temporarily stopped while the NSA or FBI builds its case to permit uninterrupted spying, Feinstein said.
For example, in the context of actual exposure to a terrorist bombing, presenting a picture of someone with a bloody face may activate a greater range of emotions, and may prompt spontaneous upward (this looks much worse) or downward (this doesn't look so bad) comparison with the participant's own experience.
