[lbo-talk] reinventing (a carbon-netural) "24"

[Max B. Sawicky]

I watched the first couple of years of this.  The story in the first 
year was somebody
on the U.S. side trying to stage a provocation that would goad the U.S. 
to bomb
some innocent Arab country.  Haven't kept up with it for a long time.  I 
did watch
"Sleeper Cell" however more recently on Showtime.  Big emphasis on good 
Muslims/
bad Muslims (protagonist is Muslim FBI agent), also on all kinds of 
sleezoids inside
the FBI.  The terrorists are portrayed as murderous but very idealistic. 

  The
authorities try torture but it doesn't work.

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Wall Street Journal - February 2, 2008
> 
> Reinventing '24'
> Jack Bauer's newest nemesis isn't a terrorist -- it's public opinion.
> By REBECCA DANA