Posted on 02/11/2010 7:43:28 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
President Obama is planning to insert himself into the debate about where to try the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, three administration officials said Thursday, signaling a recognition that the administration had mishandled the process and triggered a political backlash.
Obama initially had asked Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to choose the site of the trial in an effort to maintain an independent Justice Department. But the White House has been taken aback by the intense criticism from political opponents and local officials of Holder's decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in a civilian courtroom in New York.
Administration officials acknowledge that Holder and Obama advisers were unable to build political support for the trial. And Holder, in an interview Thursday, left open the possibility that Mohammed's trial could be switched to a military commission, although he said that is not his personal and legal preference.
"At the end of the day, wherever this case is tried, in whatever forum, what we have to ensure is that it's done as transparently as possible and with adherence to all the rules," Holder said. "If we do that, I'm not sure the location or even the forum is as important as what the world sees in that proceeding."
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Kimber! :-)
(Fraunces Tavern is mere blocks from Ground Zero. Less than five I think)
Eric Holder, Bill Clinton, Wright's 'Black Liberation' "church", and the pardons of 16 members of the Puerto Rican Marxist terrorist group FALN:(Wright's Marxist BLT 'church' (Obama's 'church' for 20+ years) advocated for FALN terrorists)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2165024/posts
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"Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant and museum in lower Manhattan, New York City. It was built on the site of a former building which played a significant role in pre-Revolutionary activities, and in which, on 4 December 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolution, before returning to his home, Mount Vernon."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern
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"During the 1970s and 1980s, FALN members set off at least 138 bombs in five major U.S. Cities. Six Americans were killed in those attacks. One of those bombings, in January 1975, was at the historic Fraunces Tavern in lower Manhattan while patrons were at lunch. The explosion killed four and injured more than 50."
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/bill_hillary_and_the_faln.html
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"Between 1974 and 1985 the FALN (Puerto Rican Armed Forces of National Liberation) organized 120 terrorist bombings in the United States. Many Americans were killed in those bombings, and many more were crippled. In 1983, another Puerto Rican terrorist group known as the Macheteros, attacked and robbed a Wells Fargo armored car in Connecticut. The Macheteros intended to use the money to finance a terrorist campaign against the United States. Working under the cover of Puerto Rican nationalism and claiming to act on behalf of the 'oppressed people of Puerto Rico,' the FALN and the Macheteros are nothing but Communist revolutionaries. Both groups were organized by Fidel Castro's secret police. The ultimate goal of the FALN and the Macheteros is the creation of an independent Marxist-Leninist dictatorship on the island of Puerto Rico."
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=19760
Hey Holder, we don't care what the world thinks. With lebenteenzillion people still lined up to emigrate out of their third-world hellholes, the opinions of the dictators who are standing on their necks are irrelevant.
Look at me!
Look at me!
Look at me!
It’s all about me, me ,me.
Could someone get the hook and jerk this Narcissist off the national stage?
Maybe he can get $100,000 per day for the Lincoln bedroom.
Taurus Judge
Mmmmm Taurus judge...
Jeez, I thought he was agnostic on it.
Pure BS. He was involved from the very beginning. Now that NY doesn't want it, he must come up with another option. We can't have the Messiah linked to failure, can we?
Not to hard......The bastard claims no residence. Off to Sealand he goes....
How could they not see this coming? I'm beginning to think Rush is wrong. The Obungler isn't diabolical; he's just really, really incredibly stupid.
Impeach Barack Obama. Court Martial Barack Obama.
Complete 180. White flag of surrender by Holder.
Maybe Rev. Wright can hold it in his church, and the congregation can be the jury.
KSM would stand a very good chance of acquittal.
(sarcasm)
I think the location should be the oval office since obamination is behind this fiasco.
President Obama the control freak. Yikes!
I think Obama should move the trial to Chicago to stimulate their economy.
I agree - Obama is very, very immature and naive in his thinking. Like most liberals, he got stuck in Junior High mentally and emotionally.
Perfect locale for the community organizer. After all you could say KSM was also an organizer.
Thanks for serving and continuing to serve, airborne. America's finest.
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