Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to do it for them. And it isn't just a risk. It's guaranteed, which is why Eric Holder and Barack Obama chose this course of action. KSM will probably even serve as his own lawyer because his ego really is that enormous, and going pro se will give him more time on camera. And New York is the headquarters of the American news media, which will be happy to help.
Make no mistake. This will be a trial by proxy for Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld and Alberto Gonzalez. Obama's sycophants in the press will help KSM make sure of it.
He'll have a small army of ACLU lawyers at the taxpayer's expense, uncovering classified documents for him through the discovery process. He'll find a way to get them to his friends at al-Qaida. When we tried a terrorist in New York for the first World Trade Center bombing (the bombing occurred in 1993), classified documents obtained by the defense through the discovery process did indeed end up in the hands of al-Qaida.
There are so many things that could go wrong here for America. But Obama and Holder are convinced that if the American people are constantly reminded about waterboarding and Abu Ghraib, it will translate into fewer Democratic congressional seats lost in the 2010 and 2012 elections, and re-election for Obama in 2012.
In case any left-wingers claim that a civilian trial is the only way to ensure that justice is served, Eric Holder announced in the same press conference that while KSM and four other terrorists will be tried in civilian court, a second group of terrorists (most notably the suspected mastermind of the USS Cole bombing) will be tried in the military tribunal that I believe should be used for both groups.
Obama and Holder don't care about justice. They don't care about national security. They only care about winning elections.
Ping. See previous post.
The average American is actually a conservative, and also loves his country, and hates her enemies.
Let no one be mislead; members of Al Qaeda, radical and fundamentalist Muslims, and terrorists are seen as not only enemies of America, but of Americans. The average Joe knows that the enemy doesn't care that we are Republicans or democrats, but that they want to kill us all.
The average American will be outraged by this. They'll want to know why our government—their own government—is giving these scum a platform. They couldn't care less about Bush or Cheney. I doubt KSM will be able to hid his hatred for Americans and infidels and solely keep his rants to Bush and company.
The town hall outrage will be a slender reed compared to this.
I vote EPIC FAIL.
Obama and Holder don’t care about justice. They don’t care about national security.
Just kick that terrorism can down the street so to speak.
KSM is ultra-popcorn. Unpredictable, and street smarter than Holder, Obama and the ACLU by a few light years. If I was in proximity to him I’d kill him first thing, before my next breath, that’s how deadly dangerous he is.
I’m absolutely sure he’s played them for suckers.
Um, since this scam is about diverting the nation’s attention away from cap and tax, obamacare, and union control of a huge segment of your life, elections are not the primary concern for the thuggery now murdering the ‘we the people’ Republic.
“There are so many things that could go wrong here for America. But Obama and Holder are convinced that if the American people are constantly reminded about waterboarding and Abu Ghraib, it will translate into fewer Democratic congressional seats lost in the 2010 and 2012 elections, and re-election for Obama in 2012.”
Bingo! It’s always about the power and money...and taking everyone’s attention off the healthcare power grab.
I don't think its that limited. They are hell-bent on communizing the U.S. and brainwashing the 30's and under generations into being their servants ala' Mao and his Great Revolution. They are his footsoldiers for imposing tyranny.
Elections will no longer be allowed to go against them. Witness the clear fraud by electoral officials in the Iron Range in Minnesota...and the compliant Minnesota Supreme Court with the Colman-Franken race...and the brazen non-counting of Conservative votes in dozens of districts in the NY 23rd race...going so far as to report "Zero" such votes in a number of them...
Notice how this "president" has embraced the electoral frauds in Iran, and Venezuela, and is so far out of sync with supporting Constitutions...that it is pushing for the restoration of an duly-IMPEACHED Honduras ex-President Manuel Zelaya...
Picture the result of that acquittal... with Obama saying "justice is done"....what will our troops feel...especially as he fails to send reinforcements?
This travesty was all made possible by procastination in having the military tribunals kicked into high gear before the election...or a lot sooner.
Now the treasonous betrayer-in-chief is able to further sabotage America with his evil and dastardly malfeasance...