Show r ' "r i' ’ I Monday December ' 29' 2003 r : ‘ I A4 The Herald jdumal Commentary Intelligence not might best to fight terrorism -- 66 f By Sara Daly The Christian Science Monitor t - raKALJUOSQTHAfe HtSfWSSk VISIT " : Information gathering is V this season of code-oranalert good intelligence rather than miliary might is the best way to pro- tect our: homeland Information gath- -' :ring is the most powerful weapon in the struggle to dismantle terrorist networks and prevent attacks' The United Slates and other nations are hunting down small and often unconnected groups ind individuals w ho hide their identities and surface only briefly to carry out ter-- : rorist attacks Much emphasis in the fight against Terrorism has been placed on military- capabilities We have come to expect that planes' tanks helicopters' andheavily armed soldiers will he used " iti proleci Amcrica and defeat our enemies Kiit calling put the Army Air Force Navyanit Murines in fullhat- tie gear to combat terrorism on a hasisis rarely a success- ' fill strategy at home or abroad There's no question America has the military might to crush an enemy on the battlefield — but in fighting fer rprism the' primary' challenge is find-' ing the enemy on a battlefieldthaf has no boundaries If rite job is done right successful ' pivvchtiouof leiTorisin depends on: ' HaualGTHI5TUE 1' thp mnt nnwprfili weapon in the Struggle to dismantle terrorist networks and prevent ge : attacks around the world One of these recent patterns is for Al Qaida to devolvemorc authority : : to local Islamic extremist groups in places like Morocco Saudi Arabia ' and Turkey to cany out attacks' ugainM US and allied targets In some cases the individuals involved in the attacks are unknown to local police — Aj Qaida often seeks out anonymous individuals-- ' But inothercases the individuals for attacks are known to ' responsible tile police in the areas where they : In the Padilla case the Second CirI've been doing the best that I can By Nat Hentoff operate and have a history of terrorist ' So has the Second Circuit- Court cuit on of relies these Appeals emphasized activity Al Qaida ' ' The administration's argument more experienced operatives to pull Congress halt nipt passed in our 1 Off a successful attack war oh terrorism a law giving the V' from the beginning has brai that the v Dec 18the Second Cir-is' the local Padilla case does not belong in the :: can where cuit Court of Appeals sent a This president as commander-in-chipolice ' v hold Padilla courts at all because of the presi- in the unilateral role to crucial the President Bush most povrer mental to prevents play message ' without the fundamental rights to dent's inherent power as commanand all Americans who depend on ing future attacks In most cases the due process to which all American during a time of war to police are already aware of the activ- ' do what he has done to Padilla citizens are entitled : :tities of local extremist groups with ' ' ' After being brought to the courts Fundamental to the protection of established records of advocating ' ' the administration still holding that : our liberties is the system of checks' - and and carrying out violent acts and gathering' ' view claims that Congress' Authb- ‘and balances between the three v often know the players involved 'Mopping something from happening rization for Use of Military Force branches of government that is ' tftcn without public awareness It because of their past participationin Padilla hejd ' enshrined in Joint resolution soon after Sept 1 our Constitution As — solely bn terrorist activity is only the failure to' prevent attacks It the with in Madison local James a of doe$ give the president this authority is fell and the that activities the authority ' emphasized pro Monitoring along ' ) Federalist Papers: “The accumula- over enemy combatants But the Secfound sense that we are Ultimately extremists in individual countries 7of the presi- - ' all otiit of the coun- Circuit found that this resolution execulion ond and of in travel ourselves to as such dent legislative powers protect jsiwerlc'ss y in the hands tive and teriorisis same In criminal are defmitionin involvement “contains no language authorizing months in a 'The judiciary by try and - Charleston detention" — The president has no iikhiisiness ofterrorizi ng us and be be the out carried can pronounced may justly very enterprises v ' " ' definition to act of and on his Own without a surveillance feel helpless and: tyranny: wajii io’makii-upower physical through SCbrig 1' "' ' V We are nowhere near a state o law by Congress without'-vother methods of monitoring specific '""liopeless jhlhe face of their attacks ' ' ' '' - Tyranny’ The court's decision of Course is charges indefinitely and without They want us to believe attacks come sible under legal boundaries This can give local police the upper hand access to a lawyer as an enemy Com- - - The press is free Thecivilian being appealed but until that is randomly and without warning so : decided Padilla the Second Circuit Courts are open There are increasing that we ddiiT even try hi predict the batanf the Second Circuit ruled: By dpiiig lhis ' : unpredictable They hope That by in measures be to to able will ndt alone ‘The president acting bipartisan Congress says ‘‘will be entitled To constitu-tion- al agents posprevqit roll back the USA Patriot Act — protections" of all Other cit- zeiis Worth noting is that the' specifically the section that danger- -' ' ' limits over disseniting judge Richard Wesley judicial supervsion Os i o away ously i' y ' certain acts of the executive branch' : while agreeing with the government hostile operating environment We done and can do to combat terrorism from the zone of combat as enemy i' that the Congressional resolution '''Reccht' ierriiris't events perpetratiiid by ' knowfrompast experiencethat cbmbalawts‘ particularly the Justice Department" faired with ths situation 'terrorists :i Al Qaida and Islamic extremist : : in thef 2-- 1 decision the majority v - ' Npr does the administration and its ' supports the president’s position have also beheVes that Padilla like ally: will either cease conducting attacks groupvsyiiipatheticTii-AIQaidAct by ' supporters seOm to have even the jcHedaT97i ' ' ' American citizen has the right to see similar pimcrns' that ciin he identified v:vihthatJocafioti and restrategize or which itself was a reaction remotest intention of verging on have come to know for his lawyer Will the Supreme Court ' -I tyranny :V f cnUrized impriaiHiriienk ' ' ' hand:u glove with UK'alpHicc and deny him that and ihe rest of due 7 v example Viet Dinh who as a close' in' detention Japanese-Americaof o 7‘ adviser to John Ashcroft in the jus-- security services' in the US and process to which a citizen is entitled?' V camps during World War II The act v Tice Department Was the principal V Ohthe day of the Second Circuit ' unequivodally staltes that “No citi-drafter of the Patriot Act He is now' : deejsion New York Times reporter ' V '! v jten shall be detained by theDnit- David Stout wrote about the bedrock a law professor at George Washing ed States except pursuant to an act of ton University before the Supreme Court: Center question :: ' Dinh and 1 disagree on a number ' “the delicate balance between w " Congress”:' : of actions the administration has freedoms and the security of Actually back jn 1 936(itiValen-- : ' the nation especially jn wartime” taken in the hamiB of security hut he : tine'y US) the'Supreme Court had declared that “the Constitution ere- ' Especially iii wartime the Constitu- experienced Ktual tyranny having ates ho executive prerogative to- dis ' ' beeribom in Vietnam and does not ' lion must stand upright for the free- ' ' doms We are fighting to defend want tosee it emerge anywhere pose of the liberty of the individual ' After he and I debated the Patriot Act ajgaiast the terrorists Proceedings against him mustbe women victimized by rape or jncest: Daily Camera Boulder Cola lawT’ A fliir The case authorized hv hruire' if ivill nrU lurtrlr at the National Press Foundation in Nat Hentoff is a national ly renowned Washington (while he was still at the on' the First Amendment and authority to me Justice' Diepartmeni) Dinh said ' ' : ' ' Bill of Rights die us honest’ v “keep ' dav-lb-d- : ay f Vn 1 ef - - '- - der-in-chi-ef - -- - accurate-informatio- j - s pe' - f - ' ' - F : ’iy Non-Detenti- on if ns - - - Other views - 4 liw : per-json- al could reduce - : The only argument against V? 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