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1. The authors in this chapter offer different perspectives on the present and future threat of terrorism. Based on those readings, do you think that the likelihood of terrorism is real or overstated? Explain your answer.
2. Ehud Sprinzak argues that mass destruction terrorism does not pose a serious danger because terrorism “is not about killing.” Do you agree with his analysis? Why or why not?
3. Matthew G. Devost, Brian K. Houghton, and Neil Allen Pollard contend that terrorists are becoming attracted to the use of technological tactics because information terrorism offers high visibility and low risk. In his interview with John Borland, William Church asserts that most terrorists have yet to adjust to the mindset needed to use information weapons and continue to prefer more physical methods, such as setting off bombs. Whose argument do you find more convincing and why"

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