For Immediate Release: July 23, 2009

New York As the Obama Administration and Congress grapple with issues stemming from the impending closure of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and consider how to deliver justice in complex terrorism cases, America’s federal court system holds many of the solutions the nation’s leaders seek, according to a new report by two former federal prosecutors.

In Pursuit of Justice: Prosecuting Terrorism Cases in the Federal Court 2009 Update and Recent Developments challenges the arguments of those who favor new, untested legal regimes for terrorism suspects such as “national security courts,” or administrative detention without trial by presenting a comprehensive, fact-based assessment of the capability of federal courts to handle terrorism cases. Written by former federal prosecutors Richard B. Zabel and James J. Benjamin, Jr.