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James Madison Center for Civic Engagement: Democracy Matters
How did the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States impact the criminal legal system? What are the challenges of litigating national security and terrorism cases? How did 9/11 and subsequent national security and terrorism cases impact how the legal system treats citizens and non-citizens convicted of terrorism offenses? Is torture justified under any circumstances? How have national security and terrorism legal cases changed over the last two decades? Leading terrorism and national security legal expert Joshua L. Dratel answers these questions and discusses how the national security state and the war on terrorism have impacted democracy and justice. See the show notes with links mentioned in this episode at https://j.mu/civic/9-11-at-20.shtml#dratel
Broad search warrants, botched raids and knowingly concealing information or evidence to win a case are only some examples of unethical and deceptive behavior of government prosecutors and violations of our constitutional rights. To discuss the corruption in the criminal justice system, we’re joined by Sidney Powell, former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Appellate Section Chief who worked in the Department of Justice for 10 years, and author of the book, “Licensed to Lie,” and Joshua L. Dratel, a New York City attorney and former board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Karen is the Director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University. She opens up the IAH spectrum by engaging in a healthy dialogue on post 9/11 global tensions, the rise of ISIS, American imperialism and the overall nature of conflict. Finally IAH has an episode about US foreign policy with someone who actually knows what they are talking about! Enlightening, challenging and fascinating. Don't miss this one, she's fantastic. Karen Greenberg is the Director of the Center on National Security, and a noted expert on national security, terrorism, and civil liberties. She is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days (2009), which was selected as one of the best books of 2009 by The Washington Post and Slate.com. She is co-editor with Joshua L. Dratel of The Enemy Combatant Papers: American Justice, the Courts, and the War on Terror (2008) and The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib (2005); editor of the books The Torture Debate in America (2006) and Al Qaeda Now (2005); and editor of the Terrorist Trial Report Card, 2001–2011. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Nation, The National Interest, Mother Jones, TomDispatch.com, and on major news channels. She is a permanent member of the Council on Foreign Relations. http://centeronnationalsecurity.org @KarenGreenberg3