Thomas Durkin, fellow at the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article about Samantha Marie Elhassani, a former Indiana woman who has been accused of aiding ISIS.
Attorney Thomas Durkin, of Chicago, was appointed to represent Elhassani. The Wall Street Journal wrote an article titled “A terror suspect’s best hope in court” about Durkin in 2016 after his client, who admitted to trying to join the Islamic State, received 40 months in prison.
“These charges are incredibly wrongheaded and cruel,” Durkin said Thursday. “Samantha is a victim of her jihadist husband. She and her children should be receiving treatment rather than incarceration and separation.”