Terror Cases Likely To Pile Up In Courts

From The Washington Times:

The Justice Department's war footing showed in prosecutions it announced last week against foreign-born Islamic men accused of spying in the United States.

In one case, a jury convicted five men of plotting to kill members of the U.S. military stationed at Mid-Atlantic military bases. In the other case, a 67-year-old Iraqi restaurant owner in Laurel, Md., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government.

As President Bush leaves office within weeks while the wars that began during his administration continue, national security analysts say the courts are likely to be tied up handling terrorism threats long after the nation gets a new commander in chief.

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My Comment: And this does not involve the backlog of cases that will soon be coming from Guantanamo, and from future captured terrorists and terrorist supporters.