Why Due Process Is Important For Accused Terrorists [View all]

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Paul Kevin Curtis

When Paul Kevin Curtis was arrested by the FBI and accused of sending letters laced with the poison ricin to President Obama, he wasn't wearing a special uniform that identified him as a terrorist.

But not because terrorists don't wear uniforms. "What looked at first like classic terrorism -- poisoned letters sent to the president and other public officials -- now seems more likely to be the product of a local feud," USA Today reports. "In the past week, the FBI has arrested Kevin Curtis, released him, and then, on Saturday, arrested his online sparring partner, Everett Dutschke."

Dutschke is charged with "knowingly developing, producing, stockpiling, transferring, acquiring, retaining and possessing a biological agent, toxin and delivery system, for use as a weapon, to wit: ricin." The FBI now says Dutschke framed Curtis, the man that they originally arrested.

Do they finally have it right?


Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/05/why-due-process-is-important-for-accused-terrorists-a-case-study/275558/#ixzz2SVnyO0iD