How have interrogations of suspected terrorist circumvented due process rights?

What will be an ideal response?


Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, new legislation has enhanced the intelligence gathering capacity of the FBI. Critics argue that the Justice Department is denying due process to many people accused or suspected of terrorist activities. At the heart of this controversy is the material witness law. This law allows federal authorities to hold a person indefinitely without charging him or her with a crime.

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