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Aug 16, 2006 · Prepared Remarks Of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh on Stopping Terrorists Before They Strike: The Justice Department’s Power of Prevention (08-16-06)
In the past three-and-a-half years, the USA PATRIOT Act has been an integral part of the Federal Government's successful prosecution of the war against terrorism. Thanks to the Act, we have been able to identify terrorist operatives, dismantle terrorist cells, disrupt terrorist plots, and capture terrorists before they have been able to strike.
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- Introduction
- Has The U.S. Government Been Successful in Prosecuting Alleged Terrorists?
- What Are Some of The Major Cases in The “War on Terror”?
- What Is The Detainee Treatment Act?
- Why Do Some Cases Go to Civilian Courts and Others to Tribunals?
- Why Are Military Tribunals So Controversial?
- What Are The Implications of These Cases?
The legal front in the war on terrorism is marked by controversy. Several cases against alleged terrorists are now in the U.S. court system—in civilian criminal courts and military tribunals established by President Bush in November 2001. But they are not all proceeding smoothly, and questions about how terrorists should be prosecuted persist. The ...
The exact number of terror-related prosecutions and convictions is difficult to ascertain. U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales saidin December 2005 that many cases "highlight both the extent of our success and the reality of the continuing threat. They show that we’re doing the right thing, and doing it to great effect." But critics argue indict...
a) Suspected terrorists tried in civilian criminal court 1. Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaoui, a French national, was indicted in December 2001 for various counts of conspiracy, including conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism and murder. He was arrested on immigration charges in August 2001, indicted in relation to the September 11 attacks, and eventu...
The Detainee Treatment Act became law in December 2005, after Hamdi and Rasul. It asserts, among other provisions, that detainees can only appeal to U.S. courts once they have been convicted by a military commission or designated as an enemy combatant. There is much debate as to whether the act applies to pending cases or only to future ones. The f...
Golove says what determines whether a case goes to a military tribunal or criminal court is "almost entirely arbitrary. It’s dependent on momentary considerations that arise." Some experts say U.S. officials chose to try Moussaoui and Reid in federal court because prosecutors were confident of the strength of each case in those venues. Incentives f...
Military tribunals are not new; they are traditionally used to try war crimes. But even critics who concede that there are valid concerns about prosecuting suspected terrorists in criminal courts—and that military tribunals do have a place in the war on terrorism—find fault with these commissions, which are different than those held in the past. Th...
Golove says the Bush administration’s "basic claim is there is no law that governs what they do," and that such a claim is dangerous. Feldman says Hamdan"has major constitutional implications," and it also reflects to the world the U.S. commitment to the rule of law. In a 2004 amicus brief, Feldman—who advised the Coalition Provisional Authority (C...
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Apr 6, 2005 · Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller urged lawmakers to renew the anti-terror Patriot Act. Most of the law is...
Apr 5, 2005 · “The USA PATRIOT Act has been an integral part of the federal government’s successful prosecution of the war against terrorism, and now is not the time to relinquish some of our most effective tools in the fight,” said Attorney General Gonzales.
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales last night appealed to sheriffs from across the country to support federal initiatives against terrorism and other violent crime, including renewal of key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire later this year.
