The New York Sun cuts ($link) to the chase: One wonders where was President Clinton's attorney general, Janet Reno. It was in the mid—1990s, when the pick—up—truck driving Floridian was attorney general, that the activities for which Mr. Al—Arian was eventually brought up on charges first were in the news. Federal agents raided the professor's so—called think tank and home in 1995. Mr. Al—Arian notes that Ms. Reno failed to act on the evidence. Kind of like Mr. Clinton and Osama bin Laden. It wasn't until after 9/11, when Mr. Ashcroft was at the helm of the Justice Department, that the authorities finally acted. General Reno's failure to act when the evidence was fresh no doubt hampered the government's ability to bring this case home. More broadly, the case against Mr. Al—Arian illuminates nothing so much as the difficulties of fighting a war with the tools of the criminal justice system. Imagine if all the detainees in Guantanamo or other...(Read Full Post)