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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457228103321

Autore

Welsh-Huggins Andrew

Titolo

Hatred at home [[electronic resource] ] : Al-Qaida on trial in the American Midwest / / Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Swallow Press, c2011

ISBN

0-8040-4046-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

344.7305/32517

Soggetti

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States

Civil rights - United States

Internal security - United States

Terrorism - Prevention - Government policy - United States

Terrorism investigation - Middle West

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Call to prayer -- The gymnast -- Split personality -- Increasing tensions -- On the move -- Hardworking truck driver -- Little Mujahideen -- Diaspora -- Ready at any time -- Four hundred years -- Busy summer -- Night -- We need people who can vanish -- Collateral damage -- Winning the war on terror -- A great chapter -- I'm doing this as a friend -- Material support -- Guilty -- A secret, double life -- Get this done -- Shopping mall plot -- A symphony of unfairness -- Life goes on -- Atypical psychosis -- Evening -- Radical role-playing -- American soil -- Bureaucratic sloth -- Dirty numbers -- Disturbing picture -- The Ummah is angry -- Changing of the guard.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 faces 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"--Provided by publisher.