Talk:Jonathan Alter

message: i don't think this is a very honest description of the critical reception. while his book was indeed respected, it was nearly universally pointed out that this hypothetical declaration of martial was pretty much a flight of unadulterated fancy on alters behalf. 71.214.102.81 (talk) 05:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  description of "defining moment" 

message: In an article that appeared on Nov 5, 2001, Alter heralded the PATRIOT Act and suggested the US should torture detainees to "jump-start the stalled investigation of the greatest crime in American history". I don't know enough about his subsequent positions on these issues, but it's worth mentioning. Alter's article is here" http://www.newsweek.com/id/76304 . (Ironically, the CAPTCHA posed by Wikipedia when submitting this entry was "maybemoral".) Grr82 (talk) 22:06, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alter's suggestion the U.S. should torture 

message: Why on earth the inclusion if this singularly obscure quotation in a section of its own? Aren't thing like this against Wikipedia's general style? - Jmabel | Talk 04:43, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed. --Tom (talk) 00:15, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes? 

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message: To add to this article: the fact that Alter's late father, 1st Lt. James Alter, flew 31 combat missions as a bombardier in a B-24 in 1944 and 1945, during World War II; his plane was shot down but he made an emergency landing in Soviet-held territory and survived. 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:09, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
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