F.B.I. Said to Find It Could Not Have Averted Boston Attack

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Is there a corollary to Betteridge's law of headlines that talks about completely self evident and obvious headlines?

Unfortunately this discovery seems completely breaking news to some pro-NSA circles in DC.

My worry is that they will read the lines about how wiretapping couldn't be used in that type of investigation, etc., and decide that the real lesson is that terrorism can't be completely prevented unless we do even more surveillance.

This is an interesting take on it: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/05/tsarnaev-todashev-story-h...

Actually, eliminating all terror attacks is pretty straightforward - stop the endless sensationalist reporting that turns audience fear into the main event.

There's an even better way to stop terror attacks: Stop bombing innocent countries.

That didn't stop ETA, or the IRA, or the people who used to bomb Paris. China does not bomb the Uighur areas. The Indian gov't does not go about 'bombing' minorities. None of the target counties 'bombed' the perps. Now, the perps might have felt 'oppressed' or had some outstanding issues with said target govt's.

But it's not as simple as 'don't bomb'.

So it's not that simple.

A fish does not always hover above the surface.

What does that mean?

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