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Graham to Obama: scrap New York terror trial, I'll stand with you
The Christian Science Monitor ^
| 2010-03-07
Posted on 03/07/2010 10:34:07 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday outlined his plan to help President Obama close Guantánamo if the administration agrees to abandon a civilian New York terror trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in favor of a military tribunal.
BY MARK SAPPENFIELD
On Sunday, two moderate senators defended President Obamas apparent willingness to reconsider his administrations decision to use a civilian New York terror trial for the admitted mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The first, Senator Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina, is seen as the architect behind the Obama administrations potential change in plans. He has promised to help Obama close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility if Obama gives up his plans of trying Mohammed and other sensitive terror suspects in a civilian court.
We need a legal system that gives due process to detainees while recognizing that there are sensitivities to national security in such a case, said Senator Graham, a former military lawyer, on CBSs Face the Nation.
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: South Carolina; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 0bama; 111th; 911trials; alqaeda; bayh; bho44; digg; ghramnesty; gitmo; ksm; lindseygraham; mccain; mccainmutiny; mclamesrinoparty; obama; rino; rinos4obama; trials; trolls; wot
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To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
03/07/2010 11:16:00 PM PST
by
Stultis
(Democrats. Still devoted to the three S's: Slavery, Segregation and Socialism.)
To: PureSolace; netmilsmom; StarCMC; narses; murphE; Mjaye; GodGunsGuts; Momaw Nadon; savvyguy; ...
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posted on
03/07/2010 11:36:35 PM PST
by
jan in Colorado
(In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. --George Orwell.)
To: rabscuttle385
I pray he is just using the “Keep your enemies closer” tactic...
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posted on
03/07/2010 11:36:52 PM PST
by
Danae
(Don't like our Constitution? Try living in a country with out one.)
To: Gargantua
“This effeminate puke knows damn well that O’Bunga is going to be forced to scrap the NYC terror trials because of the public outcry. So, this “scrap the KSM deal and I’ll stand with you” is a canard. It’s Linda Graham’s CYA smokescreen for turning traitor on conservatives and patriots all over this country who want this O’Bunga Communist Gateway Bill torched.”
The biggest reason Grahamnesty is cutting this deal is because McCain is giving him his marching orders. That’s why. Behind the scene skullduggery.
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posted on
03/07/2010 11:41:20 PM PST
by
flaglady47
(Dems days are numbered; it's Tea Party Time.....)
To: karnage
Obozo would have to scrap the NY terror trial anyway. When your enemy is shooting himself in the foot,
Why would you assume they're enemies?
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posted on
03/07/2010 11:47:55 PM PST
by
lewislynn
(What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
To: rabscuttle385
This time the north should force South Carolina to secede and seal the border until such time as they can grow up and stop sending heartless narcissistic scumbags to Congress who use trial balloons that insult the thousands of American dead over the last 9 years for political farce.
To: Gargantua
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posted on
03/08/2010 12:29:52 AM PST
by
lmr
(God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
To: Yehuda
He knows he’s toast in S. Carolina. The party has censured him twice, he’s doing horrible in polls.
This tells me he is simply planning on switching parties. He can’t get re-elected as a Pub but he may as a Dem.
Mark my words - he’s gonna jump; the scumbag.
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posted on
03/08/2010 1:13:56 AM PST
by
Brytani
(Support Allen West For Congress - www.allenwestforcongress.com)
To: rabscuttle385
What a dumbass. zero was going to drop the civilian trials anyway. Leave it to a *&$!#@$ pub to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory once again.
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posted on
03/08/2010 1:33:48 AM PST
by
chilltherats
(First, kill all the lawyers (now that they ARE the tyrants).......)
To: rabscuttle385
There is a mental disorder infecting the GOP it’s called RHINO
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posted on
03/08/2010 2:59:51 AM PST
by
ronnie raygun
(Cockblock the sock puppet in 2010)
To: Gargantua
Unfortunately, they just gave him the nod in ‘08. We’re stuck with him a longo time.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:02:21 AM PST
by
Rastus
To: Brytani
He can do more damage from within, and he isn’t up until 2014.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:03:33 AM PST
by
Rastus
To: rabscuttle385
Thanks Lindsey! Obama has stepped in it and it stinks! Now you have stepped in it too and now share the blame! I’m sure you can get your buddy Juan and maybe your “gang of 14” to stepp in it too! Screw you!
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:06:04 AM PST
by
SWEETSUNNYSOUTH
(Liberalism is a mental disease.)
To: rabscuttle385
As God is my witness....I’ll never be partisan again
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:13:23 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: rabscuttle385
Lindsay, as your fearless leader is so fond of reminding McRino, “Elections have consequences!” We in SC elected you to represent our conservative values. We did not vote for the more conservative democrat because a democrat is always a democrat first. I gotta say that based on your recent record, we would have gotten the same result. 2014 is coming, and you had better tweak your resume!
To: liberateUS
2014 is coming, and you had better tweak your resume!
Why wait until 2014? Someone with so little principle as LG, someone who is so anxious to be liked by such paragons of corruption as the Democrats, has got to have some vulnerabilities that can be exploited in such a way as to drive him nuts or drive him from office.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:26:59 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: rabscuttle385
The first, Senator Lindsey Graham (R) of South Carolina, is seen as the architect behind the Obama administrations potential change in plans. He has promised to help Obama close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility if Obama gives up his plans of trying Mohammed and other sensitive terror suspects in a civilian court.
"I'll help you close what should never be closed if you promise not to hold the trial in a place it was never going to held," Goober Graham.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:29:56 AM PST
by
aruanan
To: Yehuda
And Obama says, “uh-ok, thanks, I think.”
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:33:08 AM PST
by
kempster
To: rabscuttle385
Lindsey never misses and opportunity to jump on a democrat bandwagon.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:45:10 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." - Steinbeck)
To: Yehuda
Obozo would have to scrap the NY terror trial anyway. thats what I thought. Is Graham just plain STUPID?"
This way he gets to claim credit. It's right there in the article: "...the architect behind the Obama administrations potential change in plans..."
He's trying to save Obama. None of Limbaugh's "I hope he fails!" for Lindsey.
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posted on
03/08/2010 3:53:22 AM PST
by
RightOnTheLeftCoast
(Obama: running for re-election in '12 or running for Mahdi now? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi])
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