Tax,
International Law
Feb. 14, 2009
A Weapon of Mass Protection
The legal issues involved when a charitable donation ends up inadvertently supporting a terrorist organization can get thorny.
The 7th Circuit's recent decision en banc in Boim v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, 549 F.3d 685 (7th Cir. 2008) considers when a group whose donation ends up in the hands of an organization that sponsors both terrorist and humanitarian activities may be held civilly liable by a victim of the organization's terrorist activities. The facts giving rise to the case are tragic. David Boim, a teenage American citizen living in Israel, was gunned down at a bus stop by ...
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