"The contrast of seeing these ordinary-looking men on trial in an orderly U.S. courtroom — where they’re accorded the right to a lawyer, the right to speak in their own defense and the right to call witnesses — could go a long way toward publicly revealing the absurdity of their cause, as well as the justice that a fair and functioning legal system can provide."

Daphne Eviatar, “The ‘Deboogeymanification’ of Terror Suspects”

Notes, November 18, 2009