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Much ado about a dirty bomb Certainly, it would be a tragedy, but nothing on the scale the fear- mongers are making it out to be

By common consent, the "dirty" bomb story bombed. Two weeks ago, John Ashcroft announced that authorities had apprehended an American citizen, Abdullah al-Muhajir, formerly Jose Padilla, for plotting to explode a "dirty" bomb, which, as Ashcroft helpfully explained, "is highly toxic to humans and can cause mass death and injury." He was being detained "for the safety of all Americans."

As my colleague Robert Novak noted, the Dow Jones immediately dropped 80 points on the announcement, while the rest of America gave a massive shrug. That's because the Dow was at the mercy of a highly sophisticated, educated, well-informed elite, while the rest of America was tuned to talk-radio stations ...

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