You can't not report terrorist events -- its ridiculous. How could you not report a Sandy Hook, Orlando, San Bernadino, 9/11?
You can't. It would be dishonest to diminish these events.
For anti-terrorism, we should at least admit that there is radical Islamic terrorism out there, and focus on that. Not all Muslims, but the violent fringe. We should also combat sharia law overtaking non Muslim nations. There is a problem in Europe with immigrants who are assaulting and raping uncovered women. See telegraph article above. Denying this and doing nothing about it is wrong.
Screening immigrants to America is important. We want to accept people who are coming here who want to be part of American culture and who are here for a legitimate reason, and not people who basically hate America, women, gays, etc. and have nothing to offer. This goes for all immigration from everywhere.
We cannot control everyone and everything but law enforcement, intelligence and national security need to be aware of the trends. Law enforcement catches potential terrorists at times. This is good and important work. They almost had the Orlando shooter. It's not perfect but the effort is good. Where I live the FBI caught someone who they believe was planning an attack.
You have to be careful. The 9/11 terrorists were not "a bunch of idiots" they were radical Islamic terrorists who spent months training for a massive terror event. They were not stupid. They also had the support and funding and help from many other radical Muslim people.
We do have controls on air travel and metal detectors at theme parks. The theme parks *want* that security because otherwise these are massive targets. I agree that there is a balance of privacy and that the Patriot Act goes too far, but we do need security. We should want to get the "bad guys" whether they are terrorists, child pornographers, human traffickers, etc. After Sandy Hook our school put a lock and camera system on the door and you get buzzed in instead of walking right in. If this is a comfort to staff and parents I'm OK with it.
Yes, it is our job to make the lives of terrorists extremely difficult and to outsmart them whenever possible. Yes!