David Cole

A US ap­peals court dis­missed a case brought by Jose Padil­la, a ter­ror­ism sus­pect de­tained with­out charges and tor­tured.

Is free­dom of ex­pres­sion re­al­ly free when the gov­ern­ment can pun­ish that ex­pres­sion be­cause of its po­lit­i­cal con­tent?

Al­though more clar­i­ty on in­ter­ven­tion in Libya is need­ed, fail­ure to act would have led to an­oth­er Sre­breni­ca.