It would promote disrespect for the authority of the federal courts to turn a blind eye to actions that so willfully and blatantly attempted to make a mockery of this justice system.
After many years of service within the Department of Justice and the Southern District of New York as a prosecutor-- famously, for putting "Blind Sheik" Omar Abdul-Rahman behind bars for the 1993 World Trade Center bombing-- Mr. McCarthy began a career as a hugely influential writer on matters of American national security.