How waterproof socks can get you in Guantanamo and other government tricks. Out of the 494 cases related to terrorism the US has tried since 9/11, the plurality of convictions – 18% overall – are not for thwarted plots but for material support charges, a broad category expanded further by the 2001 Patriot Act that permits prosecutors to pursue charges with tenuous connections to a terrorist act or group. In one such incident, the initial basis for a material-support case alleging a man provided military gear to al-Qaida turned out to be waterproof socks in his luggage.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:52:36 +0000