Within the last year more evidence has accumulated that Osama Bin Laden did not die the way our government, with great fanfare and an odd mix of confusion, said he died.

"Why don't they speak out?" Faced with the savage persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq, that is a question one often hears as the atrocities of the so-called Islamic State continue in the name of Islam.

Where does terrorism come from and how far ought any government go to both defeat terrorists and protect citizens’ rights, not least their right to life?