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Title: Terrorism is now to be called the "T" word.
Post by: huskergun on March 25, 2009, 08:26:11 PM

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Fox news Terrorism Is a 'Man-Caused' Disaster?
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 
By Bret Baier

Print ShareThisNow some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine:

Word Play

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has an explanation about why she never mentioned the word "terrorism" during her first testimony on Capitol Hill.

Napolitano tells the German news site Spiegel Online that while she presumes there is always a threat from terrorism: "I referred to "man-caused" disasters. That is perhaps only a nuance, but it demonstrates that we want to move away from the politics of fear toward a policy of being prepared for all risks that can occur."

James Carafano, senior research fellow at the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation says: "By deliberately trying not to use the T word they run a serious political risk. If something does happen, they'll be accused of taking their eye off the ball and no amount of explanation after the fact will suffice."