Posted on 11/21/2009 3:43:13 AM PST by Scanian
President Obama has said it was Attorney General Eric Holder who decided to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees in civilian federal court in New York City. Yet, as a matter of law, that can't be true.
"You know, I said to the attorney general, 'make a decision based on the law,' " the president told CNN.
In Holder's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, he confirmed that Obama had left it up to him: "This was a tough call, and reasonable people can disagree with my conclusion that these individuals should be tried in federal court rather than a military commission." He reiterated, "I made this decision."
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The buck stops there.
Tool!
Since when does the Justice Department have the authority to pull someone away from the Defense Department. Only Obama should be able to make that call.
Where I work, all decisions are made by the Superintendent “or his designee.” Just because the boss passes his power on to a subordinate does not mean that he is not ultimately responsible for how the situation was handled. If Obama passed to Holder, he should be getting flak for doing so...
I wonder were O’bozo got his marching orders...I suspect somewhere in the middle east.
Anybody with half a brain realizes that what you say is how things work in any organization. Hussein simply thinks he can get away with insulting the public’s intelligence by denying it.
Clinton tried the same thing with Janet Reno and Waco. He came out of it losing credibility. The same will happen to Obama.
Seems like this is sort of like voting “present.” B.O. is such a coward, but then most liars are.
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