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Originally Posted by Undertoad
2740 days since the last major terrorist attack on US soil.
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Not quite as long as the number of days between the first World Trade Center bombing in '94 and 9/11/01.
I attribute it to better policing and intel, including implementing many of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission (with all its faults) and certainly not as a result of our "war on terrorism" in Iraq, which was the focus of US anti-terrorist actions from 2003-2008.
You may recall how Bush/Cheney initially opposed the 9/11 Commission and the creation of a Dept of Homeland Security.
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I also think the FBI/NSA/DHS
"terrorist watch list" which is now over 1 million and increasing at a rate of 20,000/month, needs to be more carefully monitored to respect individual liberties and protected constitutional rights.