Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100912:17:11:00
>> oh, i agree.at the threat of al qaeda is virtually nonexistent. i say that with the possibility this one person could blow himself up in a mall and kill a lot of people. and i dread the reaction in this country. but it has taken over the american imagination. it's transformed it into, you know, a clash of civilizations. us against the islamic world. this is the popular view, and it's verging on racism.e and it worries me because the threat is not that important. >> rick, how do you react to this conversation because on the one hand there are these macro trends that does seem, i would surpri...