Terrorists On Both Sides

Sean Gosalves examines various definitions of "terrorism" and asks the obvious questions: "Is our 'war against terror' terrorism itself?"

Given that our political leaders recently coronated Alberto Gonzalez as U.S. Attorney General, the former Bush White House legal counsel whose efforts to water down the Geneva Conventions served as a legal precursor to the abuse at Abu Ghraib and Gauntanamo, I think it's time we reacquaint ourselves with the phrase: state terrorism.