Posted on 10/11/2009 7:21:24 AM PDT by Peter Horry
Washington -- U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham is trying to prevent the Obama administration from holding criminal trials in civilian courts for the alleged Sept. 11 plotters instead of bringing them before military commissions.
Graham, a South Carolina Republican who helped craft the 2006 Military Commissions Act, said Friday that he had attached an amendment to an appropriations bill, which would prohibit funding prosecution and trial of the accused terrorists before federal judges.
"Khalid Sheikh Mohammed needs to be tried in a military tribunal," Graham said. "He's not a common criminal. He took up arms against the United States."
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Don’t trust a word from a global warming shuckster.
He’s nothing more than Joe Lieberman. Good on the war, liberal on everything else.
If you hadn’t already done so on a number of occasions, you proved conclusively by your your collaboration with Mr. Kerry on the global warming hoax that you are a fool, Mr. Graham.
Anyone in SC? When’s this RINO up for relection? He’s on the same page as John Kerry (who by the way, served in Vietnam) and the NY Times! Don’t you have any real Republicans down there?
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He was just reelected so we get to choose the House representatives twice and the President once before Sen. Graham is up for replacement/re-election.
Did you have a comment on the Amendment... Sen. Graham should be supported when he is right.
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