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...fairness, encourages disobedience to the legal code because the certainty that proven guilt results in criminal penalties is weakened. Deterring crime—a major function of the law—can only be accomplished with the universal recognition that criminal action results in punishment. Interrupting that direct link between crime and punishment weakens the deterrent effect of the legal code, thereby increasing criminal action...
...Faruq told the CIA that Ba'asyir was just as eager to work with al-Qaeda, even dispatching his aides to procure weapons and explosives for al-Faruq and his cronies. Last week Ba'asyir repeated his longstanding denial of connection with terrorist groups. "I don't have any link whatsoever with al-Qaeda," he told TIME, "but if al-Qaeda's struggle is for the best interest of Islam, I support...
...Elusive Link...
...desperate attempts by the hawks in the Bush Administration to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda only highlight the fact that an invasion of Iraq would have nothing to do with the war on terrorism [World, Sept. 2]. The hawks have been calling for the invasion of Iraq ever since the Gulf War; the difference now is that they are cynically exploiting the tragedies of Sept. 11. An invasion would only increase the threat of terrorism by inflaming hatred of the U.S. and diverting attention from al-Qaeda. BRIAN CLUGGISH San Diego...
...indictments for bigotry should be held up to the strictest burdens of proof. Summers is prescient to point to “an upturn in anti-Semitism globally,” which is a dangerous threat that must be fought vigorously. But we have seen no evidence for the link he proposes between this worldwide trend and the students and faculty who support divestment at Harvard. Summers presented no evidence beyond the misguided assumption that anything opposed to Israel’s policies is anti-Semitic...