There was a show on cable television yesterday, on a respectable network (National Geographic channel, as I recall) detailing the growth of Muslim fanaticism in America. This documentary referred to the murder of Rabbi Kahane as the first genuine act of Muslim terrorism on American soil.
However, this piece went on to say that the FBI refused to acknowledge the impact of Rabbi Kahane's murder until after 9-11. According to one commenter (and this is me repeating somebody else, to be clear): "Until 9-11, we viewed that Kahane incident as a crazy Muslim murdering a crazy Jew."
So much for fighting the domestic enemies of freedom.
One other thing: I didn't realize that Bill Kuntsler (sp?) was the defense attorney in that case, and Kuntsler sadly succeeded. When Kuntsler died, one prominent writer said of him (going from memory): "At last, he must stand in front of a Judge who cannot be fooled." He had genuinely diabolical talent in the business of defending evil.
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