Daniel Henninger, a deputy editorial page director of the Wall Street Journal, addresses the "compassionate release" of the Pan Am 103 bomber (and the defense of that action by Scotland's Justice Minister, Kenny Mac Askill) with the recent decision by Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate the enhanced interrogation techniques of the C.I.A.
The message of Scotland's release and the Holder decision is that the will born in the wake of 9/11 is waning. The war on terror is being downgraded to not much more than tough talk. Al Qaeda, the Taliban and the Iranians, not yet converts to the West's caricature of its own legal traditions, will take note. In time, they will be back. The second war on terror is in the future.
To read the whole opinion piece go here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574374500451334282.html
