Sunday, 11. August 2002
Topic: Terror - on August 11, 2002 at 8:56:39 PM CEST
Terror threat overblown, says expert
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The response of U.S. policymakers to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is based upon an overestimate of the threat of terrorism, and ignores the lessons that can be gained from an interdisciplinary approach to the problem, according to some think tank experts who are analyzing the issue.
"I basically think we are really overreacting to this in a fairly large way," said George Mason University economist Roger Congleton. "I think it would be useful for the press and the government to be reminded that the risks are not as gigantic as we seem to have been encouraged to believe over the last year."
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