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Specialized Courts For Terrorism Trials, Sudha Setty
Specialized Courts For Terrorism Trials, Sudha Setty
Sudha Setty
On the campaign trail in 2008, presidential candidate and then-Senator Barack Obama promised to restore America’s place in the world by breaking with many of the national security policies put into effect by President George W. Bush. In January 2009, President Obama made numerous changes to United States foreign policy, including signing an executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and announcing that the United States would not engage in interrogation techniques that constitute torture. In some aspects of national security law and policy, however, Obama has followed the example of President Bush—for example, in his announcement …