There is a report in the Associated Press being circulated in the papers and on cnn.com, foxnews.com and other web sites that 9/11 prosecutors are angry with the Justice Department for not sharing evidence needed to prosecute suspected terrorists.
Several jihaddists have gotten off because the government did not tie them to al-Qaeda, nor were they shown on video engaging in planning for terrorist strikes on buildings and other targets around the country. The evidence is officially classified information and so the prosecutor’s hands were tied; it could not be shown to jurors.
This weakened the government’s position and caused some of the prosecutions to collapse.
Why do we even bother to prosecute these people if the prosecution doesn’t have the evidence that they need?
The Justice Department needs to be doing a whole lot better.
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