1. Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, and American Self-Defense
- Author:
- Ruth Wedgwood
- Publication Date:
- 09-2002
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Political Science Quarterly
- Institution:
- Academy of Political Science
- Abstract:
- RUTH WEDGWOOD critically examines the U.S. detainment of al Qaeda prisoners and others accused of visa violations or of being enemy combatants. She explains that “In a world where terrorist action flirts with catastrophic weapons, the competing paradigms of crime and war may provide no more than analogies. Fitting the law to this unwanted new world thus will require tact, judgment, and the weight of a heavy heart.”
- Topic:
- Defense Policy, Military Affairs, Al Qaeda, and Detention
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America