Al Qaeda's American Harbor

OpinionJournal.com ^ | June 14, 2007 | Editorial Staff

[gpapa]

On Monday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that al Qaeda agent Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri can't be detained as an enemy combatant. The press corps is reporting--no, shouting, cheering, doing somersaults--that this is further proof that Bush Administration detainee policies are doomed to legal oblivion.

Well, here's a wager: This decision is the outlier and will be overturned on appeal, while most of the Administration's legal antiterror architecture will survive past January 20, 2009. Any takers?

[an amused spectator]

Bill and Hillary's War On Terror policy rises from the dead:

Let's prosecute Al-Qaeda in the US courts!

[an amused spectator]

Two Clinton black-robes bring back the "terrorism should be prosecuted in the US courts as a crime" canard.

Bill & Hill's legacy lives!

I think I've got the correct ping lists here - sorry if I'm wrong!

[expatguy]

Let's prosecute Al-Qaeda in the US courts!

Not directed at you, but do you have any idea how pathetic that sounds?

This isn't a court battle, that is the reason why Clinton goofed with Osama Bin Laden. A terrorist organization DECLARED WAR on us and Clinton called the LAWYERS.

If America continues this nonsense then perhaps they do deserve to be defeated and the way I see it, they will.

It is an ugly thing, but we are at war whether we want to face up to that fact or not. War is not about suing people or putting them in jail, it is about spilling blood.

This guy should have never been in jail in the first place. He should have been killed.

[an amused spectator]

The Left doesn't get it. After years of successfully hiding 9/11, they've gone BACK to their pre-9/11 thinking.

Maybe that's what the all-important mission of Sandy Berger was - to remove evidence that would shut the 9/11 deniers up once and for all.

If these people get back in power, we're going to have to assume from Day One that they're taking dangerous chances with our national security, and are willing to hide or destroy any evidence that they're doing so.