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To: 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...

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.

7 posted on 02/17/2008 9:27:36 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Seaplaner

There are several ways to view this episode. First...President Hillary would have to appoint special US prosecutors...then unseat the entire DOD event underway right now. DOD wouldn’t care one way or another...they are merely taking orders on this anyway.

So now you’d have around 20 special prosecutors appointed by the justice department...and you could figure at least an entire year for them to get onboard and settled into their job before they could try the cases. Because their entire livelihood depends on the length of this episode...their salaries of $120k a year, and their staffs...you can count on this taking a very long, long time to try a case.

You can also count on some state governor organizing his state police and state attorney general at the base where they will land at...and formerly lay charges there in that state against the guy. The DOD guys and the Feds may not hand the guy over...but they can’t really stop any state from laying in charges. If any state resident has had harm brought to him...by any of these characters...then the state can toss on some kinda of charge. I’m guessing Hillary will be very upset by this state action...but its the way things work.

Finally...after three long years in a Fed jail....most of the cases will be tossed out and the guys will then be stuck. Most countries will refuse them back...so then Hillary has to explain to the public why the US has to accept the guy....permanently....as a resident.


21 posted on 02/18/2008 1:37:45 AM PST by pepsionice
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