Defense Lawyers: U.S. Losing Legal War on Terror

Source: American Bar Association

CHICAGO, August 31, 2007 --The United States is losing the legal war on terror, according to interviews the ABA Journal conducted with 50 defense attorneys who have litigated terror cases since 9/11.

The Journal also sought the opinions of 50 federal prosecutors who have handled terrorism cases since 9/11, but a Department of Justice official told them not to participate in the interviews.

Asked by the Journal “what grade would you give the entire U.S. justice system – including the executive, legislative and judicial branches – in the legal war on terror,” the lawyers gave an average grade of D+.

Only 30 percent of the defense lawyers said terrorism cases brought in the federal courts since 9/11 have made the United States safer; 58 percent said they have not. Just 14 percent said terrorism laws passed by Congress since 9/11 have made the United States safer; 80 percent said they have not.



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