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Law & Jihad with Andrew McCarthy: Chapter 1 of 5

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Andrew McCarthy discusses his role in the prosecution of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who is now serving time for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. McCarthy says justice was served in the trial. In terms of national security, however, McCarthy fears the protracted trial only emboldened the enemy.

Law & Jihad with Andrew McCarthy: Chapter 2 of 5

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Andy McCarthy discusses the “chasm between the Islam of Western fantasy and the Islam that actually exists.” For one, the Islamic ideology of jihad, or holy war, is not a modern, incidental phenomenon; rather, it is fourteen centuries old and commands the allegiance of hundreds of millions of people. For another, jihad will not simply “go away.”

Law & Jihad with Andrew McCarthy: Chapter 3 of 5

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Andy McCarthy discusses jihad in America, underscoring the fact that “jihadists are very adept at exploiting the freedoms that are available to them in Western democracies.” Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, in fact, found it easier to operate here in the U.S. than in his home country of Egypt.

Law & Jihad with Andrew McCarthy: Chapter 4 of 5

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Andy McCarthy illustrates some of the differences between law enforcement and national security. Citizens of the U.S., of course, are presumed innocent until proven guilty; in this country we would rather see the guilty go free than the innocent wrongly convicted. Yet in terms of national security, government cannot be permitted to fail. Hence, we cannot have a system where we presume the innocence of accused terrorists.

Law & Jihad with Andrew McCarthy: Chapter 5 of 5

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Is there a way to balance war and the “rule of law”? McCarthy says simply that those we capture must be given “enough” justice — in particular so we can continue to maintain the cooperation of our allies — while the idea must be to win the war. And how well has the Bush administration performed at both administrating the law and prosecuting the war? McCarthy hands out some grades.

About Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the southern district of New York. He led the 1995 terrorism prosecution of Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and 11 others, all of whom are now serving long sentences for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Now a senior fellow for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracies and a contributing editor of National Review Online, McCarthy is the author of Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.

Source: National Review Online