Book contents
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- A Note from the Editor
- Part I The National Security State in Perspective
- Part II Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
- 4 The National Security State Gone Awry: Returning to First Principles
- 5 The Illiberal Experiment: How Guantánamo Became a Defining American Institution
- 6 National Security and Court Deference: Ramifications and Worrying Trends
- 7 The Zealotry of “Terrorism”
- 8 Reimagining the National Security State: Illusions and Constraints
- Part III The Future Imagined
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
7 - The Zealotry of “Terrorism”
from Part II - Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 October 2019
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Book contents
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Reimagining The National Security State
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- A Note from the Editor
- Part I The National Security State in Perspective
- Part II Tracking the Decline of Liberalism
- 4 The National Security State Gone Awry: Returning to First Principles
- 5 The Illiberal Experiment: How Guantánamo Became a Defining American Institution
- 6 National Security and Court Deference: Ramifications and Worrying Trends
- 7 The Zealotry of “Terrorism”
- 8 Reimagining the National Security State: Illusions and Constraints
- Part III The Future Imagined
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Thomas A. Durkin follows Laura Pitter with an exploration of the way in which the prosecutions of terrorists in US courts has compromised the rights of individuals and the system as a whole. Focusing on court deference and changing of the rules in one particular terrorism prosecution – that of Adel Daoud, an 18-year-old from suburban Chicago, Durkin details the progression of an FBI sting, the role FISA played in the case, the irregularities that a district court judge and a federal court judge had to maneuver around, and the potential consequences for similar cases.
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- Reimagining the National Security StateLiberalism on the Brink, pp. 102 - 111Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019