"In the Anglo-American legal tradition, law is a shield of the accused. This is necessary in order to protect the innocent. The accused is [assumed to be] innocent until he is proven guilty in an open court. There are no secret tribunals, no torture, and no show trials...

The damage terrorists can inflict pales in comparison to the loss of the civil liberties that protect us from the arbitrary power of law used as a weapon."

See: Paul Craig Roberts essay (2005-10)