Terrorism Works: that's the case put forward by law professor, and provocateur Alan Dershowitz. Why it works is the subject of his latest book.
The celebrated trial lawyer known for fighting death penalty convictions says terrorism works because we let it, that terrorists succeed because the governments of the world listen not just to the sound of the bomb, but also to the grievances behind it. Dershowitz says we reap what we sow by accommodating criminals, and we should, in fact, ignore the "root causes" behind attacks on embassies, airplanes, and discos.
Jail time, new levels of security, torture, even targeted assassinations are among his answers. Get serious, he says, or the cycle of violence will just continue.
