"Could a doctor working a humanitarian organisation be sentenced to life imprisonment in the United States for having offered his "expert advice" to people linked to a "terrorist organisation"? That is what is feared by a number of civil rights' organisations in the US since the Supreme Court declared ... legislation known as the Material Support Statute was constitutional ... the legislation is intended to provide a framework to crack down on "material support" for organisations and individuals identified by the State Department as "terrorists" or a "threat to US national security and foreign policy." (Quoted from paper)