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> If they are terrorists (criminals) and the government is not prosecuting them, the government is breaking the law. Completely untrue. The government has the
by mcherm 12y ago
> If they are terrorists (criminals) and the government is not prosecuting them, the government is breaking the law.
Completely untrue. The government has the option, not the obligation, to prosecute criminals.
Also "being a terrorist" is NOT a boolean flag that some people possess and others do not. Some people who SAY they are terrorists are not. Most people who commit terrorist acts say that they are not terrorists. The government does not "know" which ones are terrorists and which are not. The definition of terrorism is very, very murky: we have declared that teaching conflict resolution is "terrorism" (under some circumstances) and that bombing innocents is not (under other circumstances).