The whole "terrorism" crime category was always trap.
Since 9/11/2001 and Homeland Security regulations, it became evident that the threat of terrorism was a method to sell surveillance and restrictions by pulling the strings of fear.
We always had laws against all kinds of crimes before we adopted anti-terror laws. The difference is that terror laws don't require the same legal protections.
In order to reject the abuse of anti-terror laws we must reject "terrorism" as a valid crime category.
Lets throw "money laundering" in the mix too for crimes that are totally made up.
Might as well add "conspiracy to commit" terrorism or money laundering to the mix too 🙃
(The third part of the "holy trifecta of evil," human trafficking, child trafficking...gets a pass in my book though when it comes to the law. You need real victims, and this one almost always fits that bill)
Absolutely. I wrote a thread on why KYC/AML regulations are a violation of property rights.
"...we must reject 'terrorism' as a valid category."
Correct.
I'm old enough to remember the left pointing this out exactly right after 9/11 and the patriot act.
