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9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to Be Tried in the City He Attacked, NYC
jihadwatch.org ^ | November 13, 2009 | staff

Posted on 11/13/2009 5:40:04 AM PST by kellynla

It could jeopardize counterterror programs and thereby endanger Americans, but who cares? "9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to go on trial in New York," from the Telegraph, November 13 (thanks to Anne Crockett):

President Barack Obama said the September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be put on trial in New York City. Speaking in Tokyo, Mr Obama said Mohammed, the self-proclaimed organiser of the al-Qaeda terrorist plot that killed almost 3,000 people in 2001, would face "exacting" US justice.

Bringing such notorious suspects to US soil to face trial would be a key step in Mr Obama's plan to close the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.

Mr Obama initially planned to close the centre at the US naval base on Cuba by Jan 22 next year, but his administration is no longer expected to meet that deadline.

It is also a major legal and political test of Mr Obama's overall approach to terrorism. If the case suffers legal setbacks, the administration will face second-guessing from those who never wanted it in a civilian courtroom.

Indeed.

The New York case may force the court system to confront a host of difficult legal issues surrounding counter-terrorism programmes begun after the 2001 attacks, including the harsh interrogation techniques once used on some of the suspects while in CIA custody. The most severe method - waterboarding, or simulated drowning - was used on Mohammed 183 times in 2003, before the practice was banned.... It's up to you, New York, New York!


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911mastermind; bhoislamism; islam; khalidsmohammed; muslims; nyc; terrorism; terrorists; terrortrials; tm
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To: kellynla
Obama is not stupid, he is in the process of setting up his successor by moving the 9/11 defendants to New York.

Current Attorney General is Andrew Cuomo which will seek the death penalty. There is no jury in New York which will not find these guys guilty therefore the death penalty is a forgone conclusion.

Andrew Cuomo will then run for NY governor and win easily mainly on his father's reputation. Then after a term or two he will run and win the DemocRAT party nomination for president. Therefore O’s legacy will live on and we could descend further into the Socialist nightmare which is just beginning.

Every vote counts

161 posted on 11/13/2009 8:23:53 PM PST by reader25
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To: reader25
There is no jury in New York which will not find these guys guilty therefore the death penalty is a forgone conclusion.

Sounds like a mistrial is a forgone conclusion.

162 posted on 11/13/2009 8:26:46 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: kellynla

Libs don’t live in reality. They’re not sane people. You can’t just point out the obvious and expect them to get it.


163 posted on 11/13/2009 10:34:48 PM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: P-Marlowe
And what happens when you get death threats and they tell you they know where you live and they know where your children are and where your parents are?

Might be the time for a single guy stuck in his parents' basement to stand up and be counted, if he's an only child.

164 posted on 11/14/2009 8:49:42 AM PST by danielmryan
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To: Lmo56
Anyone find it “suspicious” that Eric Holder’s former law firm is representing 17 Guantanomo detainees ???

Who's paying for their defense?? Are they doing it pro-bona?
165 posted on 11/14/2009 8:54:16 AM PST by khnyny (The problem is Obama didn't grow up watching "Hogan's Heroes":)
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To: danielmryan
Might be the time for a single guy stuck in his parents' basement to stand up and be counted, if he's an only child.

Do you think an American Jury would find some assassin guilty of taking out KSM?

Or would they award him damages for the loss of a bullet?

166 posted on 11/14/2009 9:03:27 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe
A jury letting Mohammed's assassin walk? Forgive me for being cynical, but "if it can happen to O.J...."

One person I wouldn't want to be, is the prosecutor of such a case.

167 posted on 11/14/2009 10:01:41 AM PST by danielmryan
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To: kellynla

The jury will be tainted.


168 posted on 11/14/2009 10:03:54 AM PST by uncitizen (I'm mad as hell and i'm not gonna take it anymore!!)
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To: danielmryan

Where is Jack Ruby when you need him?


169 posted on 11/14/2009 11:19:46 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: P-Marlowe
I wouldn't rule one out at this stage.
170 posted on 11/14/2009 1:32:05 PM PST by danielmryan
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171 posted on 11/15/2009 2:31:30 AM PST by devolve ( . "I would caution you against jumping to conclusions!" - Barack Hasan Osama Junior - mmm mmm mmm)
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