1.0 link 50696 <![CDATA[Why Wasn't the Headline "Bombers Not Smart Enough to Bomb JFK"?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anthony-kaufman/why-wasnt-the-headline-bo_b_50696.html Why didn't the headlines read "Bombers Not Smart Enough to Bomb JFK" or "Plot to Blow-up JFK Unfeasible"? No, as is often the case in our post-9/11 paranoid universe, media hype and authoritarian fear-mongering conspire to freak us out.

On Saturday night, local New York news stations -- in flashy "team-coverage" packages -- declared a major plot to destroy John F. Kennedy airport had been uncovered. Complete with frightening court-drawings of the "dark-skinned" alleged ring-leader and maps that showed a path...

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