In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo made by the New York City Police Department and provided by ABC News, Tuesday Feb. 9, 2010 the first World Trade Center tower begins to implode in New York, after terrorists flew two airliners into the towers. (AP Photo/NYPD via ABC News, Det. Greg Semendinger)
Should accused terrorists be treated like enemy combatants or criminals?
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An "Intelligence Squared" debate features three panelists for, and three panelists against, the proposition: Treat terrorists like enemy combatants, not criminals.
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Michael Hayden: Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and former director of the National Security Agency.
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Marc Thiessen: Served as chief speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and before that as an aide to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms.
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David Frakt: Professor at Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law and a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps.
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Stephen Jones: Managing partner of the law firm of Jones, Otjen, and Davis. In May 1995, he was appointed by the U.S. District Court to serve as the principal defense counsel for Timothy McVeigh.
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