Complexity Digest 2007.32 - 19.02

23-Aug-2007

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Take Al Qaeda to Court, NY Times Bookmark and Share

Excerpts: Those who commit terrorist acts should be tried as the criminals they are, instead of the "warriorsĄ" they claim to be. If the Guantanamo detainees were prosecuted in federal courts instead of being designated as "combatants," (...).

While being held in military custody, Jose Padilla was denied due process for more than three years because of assertions that his case was too difficult or sensitive for the federal courts. His conviction last week demonstrated otherwise. The transfer of his case to a federal court could have and should have occurred much earlier.