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? later set off controlled explosions at a deserted farmhouse near Leeds. Police said the Real I.R.A., which opposes a Northern Ireland cease-fire, were the main suspects in recent attacks in Birmingham and West London. PAKISTAN A Miracle Rescue for Afghan Aid Workers Eight aid workers arrested by the Taliban...
President George W. Bush’s recent executive order on the “Detention, Treatment and Trial of Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism” represents an extremely troubling shift in priorities on the part of the administration. The order, which provides for the trial of...
According to the order, non-citizens accused of terrorism and tried before the tribunals—including legal immigrants who are permanent residents—could potentially lose the presumption of innocence along with many other rights central to the American conception of fair play. Before this tribunal, suspected terrorists?...
Additionally, the tribunal would be able to both convict and impose sentences by a two-thirds majority of a jury of military officers, rather than the unanimous decision traditionally expected of juries for hundreds of years. And no matter what the outcome of their deliberations, the court’s...
The prosecution of such unconventional cases would be complex, and many have claimed that the case would take too long to build to be heard before a federal court. Yet this is only an argument why the Justice Department should be given the resources to prosecute cases of terrorism quickly...