Reuters reports in Italy: Mobsters Bully Terror Suspect in Prison

International terrorism charges and allegations of ties to al Qaeda might be enough to scare away some cellmates, in some countries. But Italian mobsters jailed on the island of Sardinia, apparently outraged by terrorism, beat up an Algerian terror suspect and threatened to kill him unless he got himself transferred to a new prison. The same threat was made against at least one other Algerian inmate.

“You guys set off bombs and do massacres. If you don’t change prisons, you’re dead,” the criminals were reported to have told Saadi Nassim, in comments confirmed by his lawyer.

Maybe we should try this approach to counterterrorism here.

Tony Soprano for DHS chief: Just tell us where bin Laden is and fuhgedaboudit.