News Sources: Army Seeks Death Penalty for 9/11 Planners

The Pentagon on Monday charged the alleged planner of the September 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and five others with murder and conspiracy and asked that they be executed if convicted. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges and universities, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Christopher Pyle - Professor of Politics, Mount Holyoke College - Pyle is a noted expert on both USA Patriot Acts and issues pertaining to civil liberties in the midst of the war on terror. He is a former U.S. Army intelligence officer and the author of Military Surveillance of Civilian Politics.

Austin Sarat - William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College - Sarat studies legal theory and is especially interested in the death penalty, to which he is opposed.

Martha Crenshaw - John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University - Crenshaw gained an international reputation for her studies of political terrorism. She has testified before Congress, and he has served as a consultant to the Department of State, the U.S. Naval and Army War Colleges, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Nuclear Agency. She has authored three books, including Terrorism, Legitimacy, and Power: The Consequences of Political Violence.