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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=6>IS THE “TERRORIST THREAT” A
FAKE?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5><STRONG>JOHN
MUELLER</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial>Professor and Chair of National Security
Studies, Mershon Center, Ohio State University, and author of</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=5><EM>Overblown: How Politicians and the
Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe
Them</EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>THURSDAY, APRIL 5,
5PM</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>E-15, Bartos
Theater</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>Light refreshments will be
served</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face=Arial size=2>The MIT Center for International
Studies’ Starr Forum is a public event series sponsored by the Starr Foundation
of New York. We bring to the MIT campus leading academics, policy makers and
journalists to discuss pressing issues in the world of international relations
and US foreign policy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Annie Abbondante<BR>MIT Center for International
Studies,<BR>Program on Emerging Technologies<BR>Massachusetts Institute of
Technology<BR>292 Main Street, E38-270<BR>Cambridge, MA 02139<BR>Tel:
617.253.8306<BR>Fax: 617 452.3389<BR><A
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