June 2, 2008 10:35AM 

# Zeal 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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[Andrew McCarthy:](http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWM3YjAwNmQ2YWNjY2U3Njc5YmRjMTVhOGU2MWU0NGQ=&w=MA==) “If we are detaining such a terrorist, it is because we already know he is a terrorist.”

[Except](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53196-2004May24.html) [when](http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45/359.html) [they’re](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/washington/09cnd-scotus.html?hp) [not](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CEFDB103AF936A15752C1A9679C8B63) [terrorists](http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/politics/19witness.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=05e37bc54a70969b&ex=1250568000&partner=rssuserland).

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