Posted on 11/21/2009 4:17:20 AM PST by Sergeant Tim
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee met to question Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others in criminal courts rather than military tribunals. As the father of Todd Beamer, who died on United Airlines Flight 93, I was able to attend that hearing. What transpired caused me great concern and shook my confidence in our current administration.
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How can we be assured that these enemies will be found guilty? Given that criminal courts are now the presumed venue for those captured on the battlefield, will soldiers need to read them their rights at the time of capture? Since you wish to make exceptions on a case-by-case basis to the presumed civil venue, don't all those captured need to be read their rights and have the opportunity to remain silent? Won't this venue expose intelligence to our enemies? Can our classified information really be secured? Can we in fact predict how the judge will rule? If these people are brought into the country will they get additional rights under immigration law? What if they claim asylum?
The attorney general seemed bewildered in the face of these inquiries. Recurring themes in his responses included "I think," and "I can't imagine," and "I am not an expert in immigration."
Has our attorney general not considered these issues, or imagined the possible unintended consequences that will arise from his historic decision? It certainly seemed that way. If he had, he would have had better answers.
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He was just on fox news, and he was fantastic.
He called out Attorney General Holder, and said he didn’t have answers to questions that the republicans asked him.
At the end of his talking on fox news, he asked for a regime change in Washington in 2010 and 2012.
He was great!!!!!!!!!
Lindsey was dead on. This is a PERVERSION of justice. I’ve listened to audio of Graham’s grilling at least half a dozen times and it doesn’t get old.
More power to David Beamer. We need more speaking out visibly and publicly against this traitorous travesty!!
Ditto...To allow this trial in federal court in NYC is TREASON...bloody TREASON!
Stedman stuttered, hemmed and hawed, "Well, I don't know... it depends...."
Pea brain.
Has our attorney general not considered these issues, or imagined the possible unintended consequences that will arise from his historic decision? It certainly seemed that way. If he had, he would have had better answers.
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial Exclusive: "ON TERRORISTS, JUSTICE RECUSED" (SNIPPET: "The Obama Justice Department is having problems prosecuting terrorist cases because top department attorneys have conflicts of interest.") (November 22, 2009)
TOWNHALL.com: Washington - "SUICIDE PACT" -Column by Oliver North (SNIPPET: "Nobody has asked yet how many judges, prosecutors, prison guards and jurors will require such protection as a consequence of these decisions. They should. Otherwise, the actions taken this week by the Obama administration won't just be labeled as political correctness; they will be called political suicide.") (November 20, 2009)
DAVID LIMBAUGH.com - New Column: "CIVIL TRIAL FOR JIHADISTS AND OBAMA'S THIRD WORLD VISION FOR AMERICA" by David Limbaugh (SNIPPET: "I can think of a number of motives President Barack Obama might have for his egregious decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other high-profile al-Qaida terrorists to New York for trial in our civil courts. Regardless of which motives apply, one thing is clear: Our enemy is at war against us while we are in a suicidal, 9/10 state of denial.") (November 16, 2009)
NATIONAL REVIEW.com: "TRIAL AND TERROR The Left Gets Its Reckoning." by Andrew C. McCarthy (SNIPPET: "The decision to bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other top al-Qaeda terrorists to New York City for a civilian trial is one of the most irresponsible ever made by a presidential administration. That it is motivated by politics could not be more obvious. That it spells unprecedented danger for our security will soon become obvious.") (October 16, 2009, 10:00 am)
CNS NEWS.com: "In May, Obama Said He'd Use Military Commissions to Try Terrorists 'Who Violate the Laws of War' and to Protect Intelligence Sources and Trial Participants" by Terence P. Jeffrey (SNIPPET: "In a speech delivered six months before his administration decided to try 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a federal civilian court, President Barack Obama said he would use military commissions to try terrorists who "violate the laws of war" and to protect intelligence sources and methods as well as the safety of the people who would need to participate in such trials. In the speech, Obama said: "We are indeed at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates." Additionally, he warned in the May 21 speech that "al Qaeda is actively planning to attack us again" and that after 9/11 the nation had entered an era in which we faced "enemies who did not abide by any law of war."") (November 18, 2009)
FOX NEWS.com: "BLINDED PRISON GUARD: Don't House Terror Suspects in NYC" by Joseph Abrams (SNIPPET: "On Nov. 1, 2000, Pepe was ambushed in the cell of Mamdouh Mahmud Salim -- an alleged top aide to Usama bin Laden. Salim's cellmate, another Al Qaeda suspect, joined in the attack, which prosecutors say was an attempt to steal Pepe's keys to the cell block to free other prisoners and take hostages. The two had been granted permission by a federal judge to purchase hot sauce, says Pepe's sister, which they then stored in a honey jar and used to create a blinding mace. Teaming up against Pepe, they beat and blinded him, covering the floor in his spattered blood. They then tried to rape him as he waited an entire hour for fellow guards to come to his aid, his sister said. "They wanted to discredit the badge and what he stood for," Eileen Trotta told FoxNews.com. "After they plunged him in the eye with that makeshift knife, they did the sign of the cross on his chest." Trotta said it would be like "deja vu" to see more Al Qaeda detainees shipped into New York for trial, where their court hearings will be just blocks from Ground Zero. There's no reason why everything has to be in New York, especially after 9/11 and what happened to Louis," she said. "It doesn't make sense -- why bring them into the hotbed of the city?"") (November 14, 2009)
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The whole bunch is in water WAY over their heads.
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