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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!
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
Sounds like a mistrial is a forgone conclusion.
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.
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?
One person I wouldn't want to be, is the prosecutor of such a case.
The jury will be tainted.
Where is Jack Ruby when you need him?
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