EXERCISING THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW
Applying law enforcement to criminality as a primary tool. What a concept.
Though the initiative is a work in progress, some senior counter-terrorism officials and administration policy-makers envision it as key to the national security strategy President Obama laid out last week — one that presumes most accused terrorists have the right to contest the charges against them in a “legitimate” setting.The approach effectively reverses a mainstay of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism, in which global counter-terrorism was treated primarily as an intelligence and military problem, not a law enforcement one. That policy led to the establishment of the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; harsh interrogations; and detentions without trials. Source
Jury is still out on the robustness (if any) of oversight and accountability measures to be included, as well as strictures applied or unapplied to such activities as wiretapping, warrantless searches, etc.
