Brigitte Nacos: Potential Danger

Columbia University Professor Dept: There is a contagion effect that one has to take into consideration, said Brigitte Nacos, a Columbia University professor who studies terrorism and the mass media, according to Globe and Mail. There is always the potential danger that someone who hasn t been exposed to extremist propaganda could become interested in it and could undertake activity that is in violation of the law, Col. Muszynski said and in the worst case, there is a risk that Mr. Breivik s trial, during which he has raised a right-wing salute and gloated over his killing rampage, could spawn copycat crimes by others who share his hatred of Muslims. Colonel Zbigniew Muszynski, the head of Poland s Counterterrorism Centre, said security experts believe there have already been violent acts inspired by Mr. Breivik, including an Italian extremist s killing of two African immigrants in Florence late last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.