effective and detailed response to terrorism in a manner that seeks to avoid playing into the terrorist’s hands. However, employing a criminal justice model to counterterrorism also entails various drawbacks. James Lutz and Brenda Lutz argue that a trial in a civilian court could provide a terrorist with a platform in which to broadcast their political or ideological views 80 . Evidence of this can be seen from the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui for his involvement in the attacks of September 11th, 2001. The trial was occasionally used by Moussaoui as an attempt to publicise his ideological beliefs. 81 The fear is, as Brigitte Nacos suggests, that it might encourage similar attacks, or for groups to become inspired by the views and beliefs underlying the initial one. 82 In addition, there are increasing causes for concern in relation to how liberal democracies act to counter the threat that terrorism poses. Tamar Meisels discusses the notion of how counterterrorist policies are endangering civil liberties within predominantly liberal states. 83 The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 can be seen as an example of this undermining of civil liberties for the sake of security, as Jennifer Evans 80 James M. Lutz and Brenda J. Lutz, 'Democracy and Terrorism', Perspectives on Terrorism , 4.1 (2010), 63–74 (p. 64). 81 Suzanne Goldenberg, ‘You’ll die with whimper,’ Moussaoui told (The Guardian, 2006), <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/05/alqaida.septemb er11> [accessed 30 November 2016]. 82 Brigette L Nacos, 'Revisiting the Contagion Hypothesis: Terrorism, News Coverage, and Copycat Attacks', Perspectives on Terrorism , 3.3 (2009), 3–13. 83 Tamar Meisels, 'How Terrorism Upsets Liberty', Political Studies , 53.1 (2005), 162–181.
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