McGeorge Law Review Volume 33 | Issue 3 Article 6 1-1-2002 Criminal-Enemy Distinction: Prosecuting a Limited War against Terrorism following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, The Thomas Geraghty University of the Pacific; cGeM orge School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/mlr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Thomas Geraghty, Criminal-Enemy Distinction: Prosecuting a Limited War against Terrorism following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks, The, 33 McGeorge L. Rev. 551 (2002). Available at: https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/mlr/vol33/iss3/6 This Comments is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals and Law Reviews at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in McGeorge Law Review by an authorized editor of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Criminal-Enemy Distinction: Prosecuting a Limited War Against Terrorism Following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks Thomas Geraghty* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TRO DU CTIO N ............................................................................................. 552 II. B AC KG RO UN D ............................................................................................... 554 A . Septem ber 11, 2001 ................................................................................ 554 1. A l Qaeda .......................................................................................... 556 2. Usama Bin Laden ...........................................................................