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Cato Video • January 18, 2010 

# Experts evaluate the lessons of the Christmas Day bombing attempt. 

Clark Ervin, Paul Pillar, Michael German, Priscilla Lewis and Jacob Shapiro evaluate the impact and lessons of the Christmas Day bombing attempt and how President Obama’s counterterrorism strategy has evolved. 

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##### Priscilla Lewis 

##### Paul Piller 

##### Clark Ervin 

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##### Mike German 

Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law

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