Petra Bartosiewicz

Petra Bartosiewicz, a freelance writer living in Brooklyn, New York, is writing a book on the Justice Department’s terrorism trials since 9/11.

Experts in Terror

January 17, 2008

The US government relies heavily on the testimony of self-styled terrorism experts in prosecuting the "war on terror." But how credible are they?

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