Cheney's 1% Doctrine

This idea suggests a preemptive strategy against risk. Cheney's 1% Doctrine "legitimized preemtive action against foreign nations or peoples if there were even a 1 percent chance terrorists could attain "weapons of mass destruction" (Nadesan, 2008, p. 199).

References:

Nadesan, M.H. (2008). Governmentality, biopower, and everyday life. Florence, KY: Routledge.