On Thursday, I will be interviewing Michael Sheehan, the author of a very interesting new book, Crush The Cell: How To Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves (Crown) In the book, Sheehan tries to help the public (as well as elected officials and the media) put terrorism in perspective. “I want the people to understand what the real threat [...]
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Have A Question For Terrorism Expert Michael Sheehan?
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
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Response To An Interesting Reader Post About Potassium Iodide
May 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments
I received a very helpful post about my response to a WNYC listener asking about whether to store potassium iodide (KI) which can protect the human thyroid from radiation in the event of a terror attack or nuclear accident. In my initial post, I had written:
Most experts I’ve spoken to do not think individuals should [...]
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Responding To More Listener Questions From “Brian Lehrer Show” Website
April 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments
I had promised to respond to some of the questions sent in by listeners on the “Brian Lehrer Show” website which we didn’t get to during the shows.
As a nation, we rarely talk about citizen preparedness publicly. Based on the phone and online reaction to the shows, it is clear that there is a lot [...]
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