Posted on 04/07/2011 1:28:10 AM PDT by Scanian
On Monday, as Attorney General Eric Holder stood at the podium at the Justice Department headquarters in Washington to announce that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 terrorists would be tried by military commissions at Guantanamo, he still insisted that he'd much prefer to try them in civilian courts.
The guy just doesn't get it -- and because he doesn't, he should resign forthwith.
Almost a year-and-a-half ago, when he announced at the same podium that he'd decided to try KSM and four of his co-conspirators in lower Manhattan, Holder did so with complete disregard for the security and day-to-day-activities of those who live, work and visit here.
He'd never discussed the security implications with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. He'd never consulted with the New York State Police. And he clearly never checked with the federal agency charged with securing federal buildings, whose director testified that the agency didn't have sufficient resources to secure the trials for more than two weeks.
It's one thing to make a terribly bad decision, which is what Holder did in November 2009. But it's quite another to make a good decision badly, which is exactly what he did this week.
Holder showed absolute disdain for Congress, New York and the will of the American people -- really, for anyone who disagrees with him. Declaring that he knows better than anyone, he continued to ignore the opposition of Americans and of their duly elected representatives, the US Congress, to the idea of a New York City trial. He refused to acknowledge that it was indeed a Demo cratic-led Congress that, with my strong support, passed legislation to prevent the transfer of Guantanamo terrorists to the American mainland.
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His boss has the same disdain for the entire country.
Why Holder must resign...
Idiot comes to mind.
At the rate FNC is moving left, it won’t be long before they give Holder his own show.
Obummer’s most useful idiot.
Speaking of suicide (John Edwards, jihadist bombers, etc), I don’t want Holder to resign, I want him to kill himself in his office. Using an unregistered handgun. With various illegal drugs on, in, and under the desk. Thanks Scanian.
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