What Janet Reitman has said about Material support for terrorism
5 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 27, 2026
Janet Reitman, New York Times journalist covering national security and extremism; author of The Inheritance, has been quoted on Material support for terrorism 5 times in 1 episode of The Daily, most recently on October 27, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Reitman says the Prairieland case was the first time the federal government tried American protesters on terrorism-related charges.
“this was really the first time that the federal government has ever tried American protesters on either the right or the left for terrorism-related charges”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 3:43
Reitman argues that using the material support statute against protesters is a 'nuclear option' the DOJ had avoided because of First Amendment concerns.
“It's very close to treading on speech, treading on the First Amendment. And so to use it is kind of the nuclear option”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 27:24
Reitman says most people convicted of material support for terrorism receive under ten years, far less than the Prairieland sentences.
“most people who are prosecuted for material support for terrorism in this country receive under 10 years”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 38:12
Reitman argues the defendants' belief system, which judges could consider at sentencing, drove the extreme sentence lengths.
“the judge who sentenced them could use the ideology to impose these extremely long sentences”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 39:21
Reitman concludes the Prairieland case marks a dangerous turn in how the U.S. brands political activity as terrorism.
“I think this is a dangerous corner that we've turned in this case”
The Daily: They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism. (Oct 27, 2026) · Listen from 46:26
Episodes
They Protested ICE. Now They’ve Been Convicted of Terrorism.The Daily · Oct 27, 2026 · 47 min
Michael Barbaro and Janet Reitman examine the Prairieland case, the first federal terrorism prosecution of American protesters, labeled an Antifa cell after an ICE protest shooting.
Janet Reitman on other topics
- Prairieland Detention Center shooting · 3 quotes
- Antifa · 3 quotes
- January 6 United States Capitol attack · 1 quote
- Political violence in the United States · 1 quote
- United States Department of Justice · 1 quote
- Designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization · 1 quote
- February 2021 North American winter storm · 1 quote