Home pagePress CenterIn the Media James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Sept. 11 Trial Could Reignite Rights Debate."
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James Lewis, director of the CSIS Technology and Public Policy Program, was quoted by Reuters, "U.S. Sept. 11 Trial Could Reignite Rights Debate."
A trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, meant to exact justice for the Sept. 11 attacks, will also fuel debate over whether the United States violated human rights when it subjected prisoners to waterboarding and other harsh treatment in its war on terrorism, analysts said. [ . . .]
"How will we not be embarrassed?" security analyst James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies said of any impending trials. He said a key to the verdicts' credibility would be how aggressively military defense lawyers represented the defendants.
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