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Terrorism and Cold War tactics.

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Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terrorist groups

are harder to infiltrate than the Kremlin.

True believers won't take bribes,

and they scoff at threats of retaliation.

So U.S. military and intelligence agencies

want to update another Cold War strategy, deterrence,

using the Internet to sow confusion, dissent, and distrust.

On to the point, can language skills and cultural understanding separate moderate Muslims from

the extremists? Are Western policies the real problem? Is Al-Qaeda better at high-tech

propaganda than the U.S. and its allies? On reporters' notebook later on, the Olympic torch begins its journey in a storm of protest.

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T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. We're on Al-Nay, back with To the Point. Osama bin Laden and

other terrorists are harder to get close to than Soviet leaders during the Cold War.

On To the Point, U.S. agencies want an increase in soft power to get inside the heads of extremists

and potential recruits. We'll hear the

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