American excessive fear of terror makes us and attractive target for attack
Pillar 6 (Paul R., faculty of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, a retired intelligence officer who served as deputy chief of the counterterrorist center at the CIA and as National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia from 2000 to 2005, 09-07-06, “Are We Safe Yet?”)
Regardless of the actual level... ...leaders to formulate policy accordingly.
Terrorism will not cause extinction – material acquisition, don’t want nukes, won’t be supplied
Bailey, Journalist @ Reason, Ex-Forbes, 08 (Ronald, July 22, 2008, “The End of Humanity: Nukes, Nanotech, or God-Like Artificial Intelligences?” ReasonOnline, http://www.reason.com/news/show/127676.html
Terrorism expert Gary Ackerman... ...intelligence and nanotechnology, would.