Posted on 02/17/2008 9:10:49 PM PST by Pyro7480
If elected president, Hillary Clinton would ask the Justice Department to determine if alleged 9/11 plotters currently held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba , could be tried in civilian courts or regular military courts rather than face military commissions that have sparked controversy both inside and outside the United States , her campaign says.
Clinton's response to questions about charges filed last week against six Guantanamo prisoners was the most far reaching of the three leading presidential candidates.
Her opponent for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Barack Obama , D-Ill., said that the so-called "high-value detainees'' at Guantanamo should be tried in federal or traditional military courts, but did not say what actions he would take to move the trials.
Republican Sen. John McCain , the likely Republican nominee, said he plans to continue the military commissions even if the detention center in Cuba is closed, as he has advocated.
The Pentagon disclosed last week that it planned to seek the death penalty against six alleged al Qaeda co-conspirators held at Guantanamo Bay on charges that they conspired in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York , Washington and Pennsylvania .
Those trials, however, are unlikely to begin before the end of the Bush administration— meaning it will be left to the next president to determine how those cases will be handled....
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
“It is the lawyer, not the soldier, who defends your rights...”
I hate these people. Let me says that before the Fairness Doctrine comes into effect.
Little details like this make her look like the political whore she is(or is it pimp?)
Well we know that all these liberal scum oppose the death penalty. We wouldn’t want to treat the mass murderers too harshly.
I guess he plans to also shut down the Supreme Court, then, which has held that once on U.S. soil, the detainees have full Constitutional rights.
And this, my FRiends, is why Hillary Rodham is not qualified to by your president.
First, can we presume that much of the evidence against the plotters is classified, and if divulged, could damage our defenses against future plotters?
Hillary would provide these creeps an O.J. trial, and their lawyers would demand to see sensitive defense info.
Either Hillary knows this and doesn't care, she doesn't know it (and should), or does not choose America to win the war on terror.
Any of the above would be vewwy skewwy.
Sure, try them in the standard courts where the defense lawyers can use discovery to either learn all our intelligence secrets or get their clients off because we refuse to supply it. We know Hillary is for our enemies so why talk about it?
“All the better to free you with, my dear...”
Perfect. Get one OJ juror and they walk to kill more Americans.
Ah, yes, the Jon Cary School of Criminal Justice rears its hideous head once again — the Demagogues are incapable of properly waging war on our enemies and incapable of handling captured terrorists properly. They want to create the John Edward Trial Lawyers for Terrorist Circus Acts and the Al Sharpton/Johnnie Cochrane Media Circus for Public Entertainment. Just imagine getting all the charlatans of the MSM and the political left together in one huge production that will make the OJ fiasco and the Mumia travesty look like child’s play.
Unfortunately, the ‘Rats understand nothing about actually waging and winning the war against our depraved and vicious enemies.
Brother Hugh could pick up some more bucks..
Kill the bastards where they stand, crawl, or squat. That is the only way, anything else is suicide for our nation.
.
NEVER FORGET
.
During the 1990’s The HILL & BILL Show refused 3 Free Offers from the Sudan to give us OSAMA bin LADEN on a silver platter before he could hit us real hard here at home.
During the Vietnam War The HILL & BILL Show actively supported Communist North Vietnam’s terrorist takeover of a then Free South Vietnam.
For...
...the Enemy is now within
...and always has been.
.
NEVER FORGET
.
Yes. A public, OJ style trial.
AQ won’t be able to send in teams fast enough. Best places to hit would be where they could find the, uh, “best” juries....
I shall leave it to this group to determine where such juries, and judges, could be found.
Wonder what Atty Gen John Edwards would decide on ..?
I thought the Supreme Court had already ruled that Bush can have his military tribunals and unlawful combatants WILL NOT be TRIED IN USA COURTS.
There they go again .. wanting to give the terrorists more priviledges .. disgusting!!
. During the 1990’s The HILL & BILL Show refused 3 Free Offers from the Sudan to give us OSAMA bin LADEN on a silver platter before he could hit us real hard here at home.
During the Vietnam War The HILL & BILL Show actively supported Communist North Vietnam’s terrorist takeover of a then Free South Vietnam.
For...
...the Enemy is now within
...and always has been.
. NEVER FORGET
______________________________
Just needs to be said again!
Hillary- Lawyer
Bill Clinton - Lawyer
Obama - Lawyer
Michelle Obama - Lawyer
John McCain -— Not a lawyer
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.