EDITORIAL: Holder's ignorance of terrorism--The AG is mistaking terrorists for common criminals

The Washington Times ^ | February 5, 2010 | Editorial

[jazusamo]

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The U.S. attorney general should read up on the history of terrorism. He might learn something.

On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sent a five-page letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, detailing his rationale for treating purported Christmas Day bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab as a criminal suspect rather than a terrorist detainee. The attorney general's defense betrays significant misreading of how the United States has dealt with terrorism in recent decades.

Mr. Holder incredibly claims that policies treating terrorists as criminals "were not criticized when employed by previous Administrations [and] have been and remain extremely effective in protecting national security."

Mr. Holder must be new to this issue. The problem of granting terrorists criminal status was at the center of the debate among counterterrorism scholars and practitioners in the 1990s. The policies of the Clinton era, which the Obama administration generally has resurrected, were critiqued in detail. Many warned that the domestic legal framework was insufficient to protect the United States from the emerging threat of globally networked Islamic terrorism. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, vindicated this argument. The Bush administration, armed with the Patriot Act and other important reforms, charted a new and more effective course that the current administration is in the process of dismantling.

Mr. Holder cited Zacarias Moussaoui as an example of a successful terrorism prosecution, ironically choosing the worst possible example to make his case. Moussaoui could be the poster child for the perils of Mr. Holder's preferred policies.

[jazusamo]

Holder is a dim bulb as is his boss.

[RC2]

This all goes to the lack of experience of everyone surrounding our President. Note that they don’t have any more experience it the real world than the President has. We have some real problems in DC and it best be taken care of in November.

[rrrod]

no no no....the terorist are allies of the Democrats!

[Tzimisce]

Make NO mistake, this is Obama doing this. Holder is just the fall guy.

[Diogenesis]

GIVE ME A BREAK.

Lawyers pretending to be ignorant. THE TERRORISTS ARE THEIR CLIENTS.

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The Al-Qaeda Bar (Big Law Firms Line Up to Represent Terrorists)
”Some of the nation’s wealthiest and most powerful law firms have donated hundreds of
millions of dollars in free legal services to terror suspects at the Guantanamo Bay prison.
Their work, bolstered by left-wing activists groups, has helped to free, or force the
transfer, of hundreds of al Qaeda suspects to third countries. Some have gone back to
terrorism and the job of trying to kill Americans.

The work of big American law firms on behalf of al Qaeda is drawing new attention since
Attorney General Eric Holder decided this month that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, who
orchestrated the murder of over 3,000 9-11, is coming to New York City for trial. Holder
was a partner at Covington & Burling, which in 2005 gave one its attorneys an award for
aiding 17 Yemeni suspects at Guantanamo.”

A list of 10 of the largest American legal firms representing Guantanamo terror detainees:
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Blank Rome
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
Shearman & Sterling
Allen & Overy
Convington & Burling
Dorsey & Whitney
Holland & Hart
Hunton & Williams
Paul, Weiss”

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EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVE: On terrorists, Justice recused“

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AG Eric Holder's clients (the REAL reason for the transfer – to free them):

• Saad Al Qahtani
• Mohammed Zahrani
• Achraf Salim ("Sultan") Abdessalam
• Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghityh Sulayman
• Musaab Omar Al Madhwani
• Jawad Jabbar Sadkhan (Al Sahlani)
• Majid Khan

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“Corruptocrat AG Eric Holder’s conflicted DOJ“

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"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream.
It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same,
or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children
and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."
President Ronald Reagan

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“The New Media Journal | Attorney General Holder's Advisers Have Conflicts on Detainee Cases“

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[jazusamo]

That’s all too true. Holder and many of his buddies have defended them.

[pgkdan]

EDITORIAL: Holder's ignorance of terrorism--The AG is mistaking terrorists for common criminals

I think you have to be extremely naive to buy that. Holder and obama know exactly what they're doing.

[Ggran]

Most disturbing is that the voting public elected this man. How in the world could we be fooled like this or was he telling us all along who he was?

[GnuHere]

Bingo.
How about the Times doing an op-ed about their own ignorance of this administration’s motives?

[PMAS]

If we are at war with Al quada (as Zero has said) and this guy was a soldier of that group, wouldn’t this his attempt be automatically considered an act of war ?

[Deb]

Its no “mistake”.

[Karliner]

This is worse than negotiating with terrorists, now Holder and the wimp house( I love my country. OUR country but some of these folks are anti_America) Holder has and some of the thother have given the enemy a firm place in America placing fear in the hearts of some folks to NOT call a terrorist a murdering thug piece or C**p from the islamic hoards that want only to kill us all.

Until we get some not limp-d**ked and strong enough to LEAD our country in the fight of killing everyone of these pigsty killers then our country HAS been infiltrated and the enemy has reeched some of the highest powers in America. It's time to vote all the fruitcake wimps OUT for good. They don't like it, give them a ticket to Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan, Venezuela ad nauseam.

Wherever they( THEY=Islam=THEE ENEMY=Wahabiism=all the other dam**d sects or the cult) are trying to instill shar'ia law and domination of plain folks and let then see just how bad Islam is ruining the world. Thus endeth my rant.

[norton]

Interesting that this morning's news included a report of tension and infighting between Holder and Emmanuel over this issue.

The two most hated members of Oh's administration sparring over which one will be first to get thrown under?

[jazusamo]

Yes, it’d be a big plus for the country if both get thrown under at the same time.

[Cobra64]

no no no....the terorist are allies of the Democrats!

It appears so.