How can the divergence of counter-terrorism policy of USA and Spain be explained?

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 1,7, University of Bamberg, language: English, abstract: To deal with terrorism, a state needs to arm and secure itself for its defense against it, because they are existing threats. Extraordinary measures, which are nothing else than counter-terrorism policies, are important and necessary for fi...