High court upholds ban on aid to terror groups

[June 22 2010]

The Supreme Court upheld the government’s authority to ban aid to designated terrorist groups including LTTE, even when that support is intended to steer the groups toward peaceful and legal activities.

The court left intact a federal law that the Obama administration considers an important tool against terrorism. But human rights organizations say the law’s ban on providing training and advice to nearly four dozen organizations on a State Department list squanders a chance to persuade people to renounce extremism.