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Stop the KSM trial: If prez won't, Congress must
NY Post ^ | December 23, 2009 | MICHELE BACHMANN & ANDREW C. MCARTHY

Posted on 12/23/2009 3:09:49 AM PST by Scanian

There is no justifying the Obama administration's decision to grant a civilian trial to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters who carried out the deadliest act of war ever committed on US soil. President Obama must not grant the worst of war criminals the same constitutional rights enjoyed by the nearly 3,000 US citizens they massacred on 9/11. If he won't reconsider, Congress must act.

Beginning in the Revolutionary War, it has been recognized throughout our history that wartime enemies aren't mere criminal defendants. When they commit provable war crimes, they're tried by military commission — a process that permits them fewer rights than a civilian trial while shielding more national-defense information from disclosure to the enemy.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911terrortrial; holder; khalidsheikmohammed; ksm; militarycommissions; obama; terrortrial

1 posted on 12/23/2009 3:09:50 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian
If prez won't, Congress must

guffaw

2 posted on 12/23/2009 3:19:55 AM PST by markomalley (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus)
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To: Scanian

Stop the KSM trial: If prez won’t, Congress must

Surely you jest.
We have no leaders in our current Govrnment in any branch or political party. America is on a downward spiral


3 posted on 12/23/2009 3:33:06 AM PST by SECURE AMERICA
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To: Scanian

Getting Congress to do anything against “The Won” is next to impossible.

This has about as much chance as a snowball fight in hell.


4 posted on 12/23/2009 5:04:30 AM PST by Venturer
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To: Scanian
(putative)President Obama must reverse this reckless decision. If he fails to do so, the people's representatives must explore their options. The Constitution grants Congress control over the jurisdiction of the federal courts: Our lawmakers have the power to restrict enemy combatants to trial by military commission for war crimes.

This should be agenda item # 1 when Congress reconvenes in January. Simultaneously, Congress needs to have hearings on Major Hasan and prevent sending Gitmo prisoners to Illinois.

5 posted on 12/23/2009 6:01:26 AM PST by circumbendibus (Where's the Birth Certificate? Quo Warranto in 2010)
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To: Scanian

And if Congress won’t ... we must.


6 posted on 12/23/2009 1:12:34 PM PST by DNME (Remember, we are still under a state of national emergency for H1N1! Remain vigilant!)
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