Building walls and breaking rules don’t catch terrorists, said former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald ’82 during an Oct. 13 talk in Merrill Science Center. He shared anecdotes from his days of investigating the likes of Osama Bin Laden and the 1993 World Trade Center bombers. [continue reading]
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Patrick Fitzgerald ’82 delivered a talk titled “Ten Myths About Terrorists and How We Fight Them,” on Oct. 13, in Merrill Science Lecture Hall.
An overflow crowd filled Merrill Science Lecture Hall to hear Fitzgerald's talk.
Many Amherst students attended Fitzgerald's lecture, which was free and open to public.
Fitzgerald took questions from the audience.
“The difference between a mobster and a terrorist is [that] terrorists believe in a cause. They believe in helping poor people as much as [terrorism],” Fitzgerald said.
Fitzgerald has been fighting terrorism since 1988, when he became the assistant U.S. attorney in New York City.