Should Suspected Terrorists Be Given Military or Civil Trials?
(CQ Researcher, March 12, 2010) President Obama is under fierce political attack for the administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, and Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called Christmas Day bomber, in civilian courts instead of military tribunals. Republican lawmakers argue the defendants in both cases should be treated as “enemy combatants” and tried in the military commissions established during the Bush administration. Administration officials and Democratic lawmakers say criminal prosecutions are more effective, having produced hundreds of convictions since 9/11 compared to only three in the military system. Full text available upon request Roadmap to the Electric Car Economy By Michael Horn and Rick Docksai (The Futurist, March/April 2010) By the middle of this century, the United States may have completely transitioned from gasoline to electric vehicles, or EVs. Its economy will then enjoy an EV-energy bonus, somewhat
