[Responsibility2nd]

A saudi avation student? Gee. Based on what we know about them, why we ought to be able to trust him right?

/s

I'm loving the part about the Saudi government posting bail.

Hey. If muslim money was good enough to pay for Obama's college, then why not bail?

~Sheesh~

[knarf]

First degree murder is not capital murder?

WTF ??!??

[henkster]

How is an aviation student not a flight risk?

[bgill]

Just wait until Moo waltzes in with a guy from the consulate. The IRS is pulling this judge’s file as we speak.

[ClearCase_guy]

I'm good with the concept of "held without bail" -- sometimes that may be appropriate.

If you set bail at $2M, you kind of send the message: "Ha! You'll never come up with that! Good luck!"

And if they DO come up with $2M?? Well, the obvious conclusion is that the court's attempt at levying excessive bail has failed, and they need to go to Plan B which is to refuse to release.

The only problem: The Constitution is pretty clear on the concept of "excessive bail" and this particular case is an ideal example of that in action.

[Theoria]

'she feared the government would deport him to Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, before he could go to trial.'

Lol. Saudi Arabia has no extradition treaty with US.

[353FMG]

He may end up with a severe sore throat just like the Boston bomber and not be able to answer questions.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/suspected_marathon_bomber_may_never_speak_again_israeli_director_of_boston

[PALIN SMITH]

Hasn't America learned its lesson?

Saudia Arabian aviation student?

Come on wake up!!

[listenhillary]

Should have set bail at 10 trillion dollars and set up a nice rainy day fund for Missouri taxpayers. (Kidding - Kind of)

I say release him. He posted the bond.

[wastoute]

WTH??? We got MORE Saudi “aviation students” here!!! Isn’t there an adult ANYWHERE anymore?

[oh8eleven]

Abid’s attorneys, including a former U.S. attorney for Missouri
How does a "student" afford high-powered attorneys?

[House Atreides]

This guy is a flight risk in more ways than one. The judge showed sound judgement on this.

[SeminoleCounty]

A Muslim aviation student....right near our main bomber base Whiteman AFB.....same base where we launch many of our bombing raids from.

Didn’t learn anything from 9/11

[RetiredTexasVet]

Obviously 2 million dollars bail is not excessive, in fact, 2 billion dollars bail is probably not excessive. Since the Saudi’s are footing the bill and the kid is a definite for fleeing with the help of the Saudi national government and John Kerry-Heinz, 2 billion wouldn’t be excessive.

[Amberdawn]

I hope the f***er gets shot.