By Ian Macleod
Canada's biggest terrorism case faltered this week because laws against murder, bombing and butchery do not stop committed, suicidal terrorists.
The idea behind new anti-terror laws is to detect, apprehend and prosecute terrorists before they strike. But arresting people long before they actually commit a crime can be a risky legal strategy, as police and prosecutors in the "Toronto 18" case and in the United States have found out.
While the long arm of the law can now reach into the most embryonic of suspected terror plots, the available evidence is often sketchy and ambiguous.
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The Ottawa Citizen
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