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Team O's civil-liberties woes
NY Post ^ | February 08, 2010 | Editorial

Posted on 02/08/2010 3:16:49 AM PST by Scanian

If Team Obama is so keen on trying Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other terrorists in civilian court, it needs to remember that criminals have rights.

Such as the right not to have the verdict and sentence publicly proclaimed before trial by the nation's top officials.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs declared last week that 9/11 kingpin KSM "is going to meet justice, and he's going to meet his maker and he's likely to be executed for the heinous crimes that he committed."

And President Obama himself said something similar last November, declaring of KSM: "I don't think that it will be offensive at all when he's convicted and the death sentence is applied to him."

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: childrenrunningshow; civiliantrials; clowns; incompetence; ksm; manchild; obama; terrorists

1 posted on 02/08/2010 3:16:50 AM PST by Scanian
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To: Scanian

Obama and his associates are dangerous to America.


2 posted on 02/08/2010 3:24:24 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Don't settle for less than fresh roasted coffee!)
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To: Scanian

This is just their attempt at indirectly putting Bush on trial.

The first thing on their ‘minds’ when they wake up in the morning is: how can we blame this on Bush today?


3 posted on 02/08/2010 5:39:53 AM PST by Soothesayer (The United States of America Rest in Peace November 4 2008)
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To: Scanian

Khalid Sheik Mohammed = no uniform = spy = ready shoot aim.


4 posted on 02/08/2010 7:47:23 AM PST by Vaduz
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