From the editors.
Paris would not be out of bounds to consider some combination of preventive detentions and, if necessary, renditions to foreign countries.
Civil libertarians will object, but civil liberty is also a function of security, and right now Paris has neither.
Oddly, a French paper suggesting such things would face prosecution, if the fate of General Aussaresses is any indication, thanks to the power of the left and the fear of Muslim violence in that country.
And here we have O assuring us he will close Gitmo before he leaves office.
Needless to say, he deplores "harsh interrogation techniques" and renditions, though he has refused to seek prosecution of American officials involved in either.
I suspect WSJ does not share his scruples.
The news last night included word that these terrorists have found novel ways to communicate that successfully got past Western intelligence services, whose methods were made known to the world by Mr. Snowden.
Snowden is, of course, a hero of the left currently residing in Russia who still faces extradition to the US and prosecution if he leaves that safe haven, to the dismay of many who otherwise like Obama.
Here is Marine Le Pen on the matter.
So far the French show no signs of reacting to this as the Spanish did to the Madrid attacks.
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