9/11 and terrorism: Why does the government refuse to do a cost-benefit analysis on homeland security spending?

9/11 and terrorism: Why does the government refuse to do a cost-benefit analysis on homeland security spending?: This is adapted from Mueller and Stewart's new Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Benefits, and Costs of Homeland Security. Check back tomorrow for a second excerpt about why the government always overestimates the risk of terrorism, and the day after for a final article on how there would need to be 1,667 Times Square-style attacks every year to justify current homeland security spending.

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