The role of the criminal justice system
The role of the criminal justice system in counteracting terrorist attacks is a challenging one. The primary aim of counter-terrorism approaches should be to preclude terrorist incidents from happening. In some circumstances, law enforcement agencies can prevent terrorism from happening while maintaining constitutional ethics.
The Patriot Act legislation of 2001 is an enactment passed to improve the law enforcement’s abilities to detect and deter terrorism. The official title for this Act is ‘uniting and strengthening America by offering the necessary tools needed to interrupt and obstruct terrorism’ (McCarthy, 2002).
In the case scenario, the terrorist attack will affect the law enforcement powers and due process within the court based on regulations such as the Patriot Act in the following ways.
First, the law enforcement agencies will be granted an opportunity to apply surveillance systems against several other terrorist attacks, gathering moredata when examiningin a broader view of the terrorist attack. This way, it offers the agencies to find more information on terrorist activities related to the attack. This permission is also provided by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court)to supervise surveillance requests on crime or terrorism activities in the country. Secondly, the agents could apply to a court to seek permission to employ similar tactics used by the terrorists in the electroshock scenario. Such tactics could include thwarting scrutiny by rapidly changing location and communication. Third, the Act allows federal agents to seek access to business records of any alleged terrorist for the Act. This action enables the federal agents to examine and find a key to solve various crimes related to the attack.
Criminal justice systems have managed to solve prevailing challenges effectively with improvised illegal approaches that are keen on international human rights instruments as well as normative standards. All these acts genuinely reflect the principles of legal actions and constitutional ethics.