Posted on 08/27/2006 5:35:31 PM PDT by SandRat
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. Defense lawyers in a major South Florida terror case want to make sure jurors never hear from witness Evan Kohlmann.
The proposed government expert on al-Qaida is simply no expert, lawyers say.
He has no Ph.D., no faculty position and no real-life experience in the Middle East. Plus there's the age thing.
Kohlmann, who has testified five times for the government already, is just 27. He's been called the "Doogie Howser" of terrorism.
One critic cracked that prosecutors have been using Kohlmann "since he was a zygote."
Kohlmann has fought off such attacks before. The Fort Lauderdale high school graduate doesn't take it personally. "It's a fairly common tactic to try to disqualify me," he said. "I would do the same thing if I were in their position."
Prosecutors want Kohlmann who started his own terror-related Web site and wrote a book about al-Qaida by age 25 to explain the complex world of Islamic terrorism to jurors at a Miami trial of an alleged terror cell.
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He eventually got a Direct Commission as a Limited Duty Officer, in the NAVY.
I'd say those are two points in his favor.
From someone who has an MBA, I couldn't agree more.
Y'all know what those acronyms stand for?
BS stands for, well, we all know what that means and its not Baabawa Streisand .
MS, means "more of the same."
And PHD, simply means "piled higher and deeper."
He has no Ph.D., no faculty position and he's no lawyer.
Sounds like an outstanding citizen to be chosen as a Supreme Court Judge.
NOT joking either. Those who fit the scum trial lawyers ideal should all be hanged by the .... if they had any that is.
I've seen this guy interviewed on cable news shows as well and he seemed to be credible and quite intelligent.
"If he hasn't proven his knowledge in some venue, how can he claim to be an expert?"
Good question - why don't You ask the five judges who accepted him as an expert witness?
Please forgive my not volunteering to ask for you.
We should only get our terrorism threat information from DNC approved analysts like Larry Johnson. The guy who wrote the article that the threat of terrorism was exaggerated 60 days before 9/11.
Anybody can be an expert. Just have to say it loud enough.
Of course the real proof is in the pudding. Is his information confirmed by other sources? Do any predictions he might make prove correct? Stuff like that.
Oh good site!
Thanks!
"He has no Ph.D., no faculty position and he's no lawyer."
He has a JD.
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