Contains a new Preface that discusses some important developments since the initial hardback publication in 2015~Documents the emergence of a terrorist exceptionalism to normal rules of criminal law and procedure~Considers whether the U.S. government has overstated the threat posed by the individuals it charges with these crimes~Offers a comprehensive and uniquely up-to-date dissection of the U.S. government's advantages over suspects in the criminal prosecutions of terrorists~Establishes the background for controversial policies and practices surrounding these prosecutions~Demonstrates how these policies and practices have impeded the normal goals of criminal prosecutions~Draws from the author's academic research and practice experience, and extensively footnoted to facilitate further research