Update on New York Terrorism Panel

At the NAFUSA annual conference in October, 2010, The New York Times reporter Charlie Savage, left, moderated a two hour panel discussion on the appropriate forum in which to prosecute terrorism cases. More than a year later the national debate on this issue remains unresolved. In a front page article on December 12, 2011, Savage reports on the dilemma confronting the Obama administration on what to do with a detainee held by the American military in Iraq. Read Detainee Poses Dilemma For U.S. As It Exits Iraq.

Subsequent to the publication of the Savage article, the U.S. military turned the prisoner over to the Iraqi government