Summarize the legal aspects of intelligence gathering and the war on terrorism. Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, new legislation has enhanced the intelligencegathering capacity of the FBI....

Summarize the legal aspects of intelligence gathering and the war on terrorism.

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, new legislation has enhanced the intelligencegathering capacity of the FBI. Critics argue that the Justice Department is denying due process to many people accused or suspected of terrorist activities. At the heart of this controversy is the material witness law. This law allows federal authorities to hold a person indefinitely without charging him or her with a crime. These so-called enemy combatants have been subjected to interrogations involving waterboarding and other torture to gather intelligence or obtain confessions.

1. How have interrogations of suspected terrorist circumvented due process rights?

2. What does the term enhanced interrogation mean?

3. Describe the practice of waterboarding.