At the very least, some in the legal community worry that terrorism trials, especially for non-citizens without ties to the United States captured abroad, may soon be a thing of the past.
Nick Lewin
until recently the deputy chief of the criminal division in the Southern District of New York, perhaps the most prestigious legal venue for international terrorism cases, sees a dismal future in this regard. “I’d be surprised if the current administration brings a single international terrorism case in civilian court,” he told me.