Hatred at Home

By - Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Floor - Floor 1

ISBN 10 - 0804011346

ISBN 13 - 9780804011341

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Terrorism--Prevention--Government policy

Shelf No - 18

Call Number - 344.7305 HUG

Physical Description - xi, 196 pages : portraits ; 22 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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One day in 2002, three friends— a Somali immigrant, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, and a hometown African American—met in a Columbus, Ohio, coffee shop and vented over civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan. Their conversation triggered an investigation that would become one of the most unusual and far-reaching government probes into terrorism since the 9/11 attacks. Over several years, prosecutors charged each man with unrelated terrorist activities in cases that embodied the Bush administration’s approach to fighting terrorism at home. Government lawyers spoke of catastrophes averted; defense attorneys countered that none of the three had done anything but talk. The stories of these homegrown terrorists illustrate the paradox the government faced after September 11: how to fairly wage a war against alleged enemies living in our midst. Hatred at Home is a true crime drama that will spark debate from all political corners about safety, civil liberties, free speech, and the government’s war at home.

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