Carney: Tsarnaev charged, won’t be held as an enemy combatant;- Tsarnaev cooperating with feds

Hot Air ^ | 3:11 pm on April 22, 2013 | Allahpundit

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Video of Carney at the Web Site.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Also the Tweet saying he was cooperating.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

They're all big, bad terrorists until they're caught, then they're little pussies.

[COBOL2Java]

Has the kid been lawyered up yet?

[bunkerhill7]

U.S. citizens in time of war found to be traitors are shot or hung or gassed... PERIOD.

[Defiant]

Just committing a terrorist act doesn’t make one an enemy combatant. There have been terrorists, like Eric Rudolph and the Unibomber, who were not enemy combatants. If they get evidence that he had joined or was part of a foreign group or entity, and was working on their behalf in committing these acts (which he probably was, but they haven’t given us the evidence on that yet), then by all means, charge him as an EC. Obama never would, however, so it really is just us wishing we had had a different result in the election.

[bunkerhill7]

oops forgot electrocution

The couple [Rosehbergs] " was executed at sundown in the electric chair on June 19, 1953" wiki

[Buckeye McFrog]

He may prefer copping a plea to having his citizenship revoked and being sent back to Russia, to be turned over to Mr. Putin’s associates to do as they will.

[grumpygresh]

Looks like he has some previous meetings with the Feds in the past. Either the Feds are incompetent or he was cooperating with the Feds before.
I think that this incompetence defense has worn thin. Not trust should be given to the Feds on these terror cases. Are the Feds with us or against us?

[servo1969]

I agree.
They let him become a US citizen.
He knew he was killing his own countrymen.
Try him for murder and high treason.
And then execute him.

[blues-train]

Only concern with not labeling him EC is setting a precedent (i.e. default position on any bomber will be “common criminal” until proven “enemy combatant”). Once we start down the common criminal path, government “egos” will prevent us from switching to EC.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Don't know....trying to keep a running tally on the coming events via a Marketwatch Streaming column....got an intro on it here on FR ....but it is already getting messy.:

Explosions at Boston Marathon -- Tuesday April 22 Updates--Streaming coverage

[Jim Robinson]

DOJ = Eric Holder = Muslem Brotherhood Protection, Inc.

[camle]

the precedent has been set for a long time...remember tim macveigh? we are a country of due process of law, not justice by acclimation.

[Jim Robinson]

Oh, b/s. He’s an Islamic jihadist carrying out an act of war against America!
.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

His brother did , he didn't get citizenship either....

I heard that on one of the TV shows.

[Pontiac]

However the DOJ treats and charges Tsarnaev it will because it is most advantageous politically for Obama and have nothing to do with getting a conviction or particular sentence for Tsarnaev.

[ZULU]

Actually, an enemy combatant who follows the Geneva Convention is far above this piece of scum. These Muslim terrorists are more like pirates than either enemy combatants or criminals.

Enemy combatant conveys a level of legitimacy these scum don’t deserve.

But he should be charged with treason for his actions also. Adhering to the enemies of the United States, providing them with aid and comfort.

[dfwgator]

Invoke “Rule 303”.

[Jim Robinson]

"but I think that has more to do with the condemnatory power of that term than the legal consequences flowing from it"

No we want the little Islamic jihadist cold blooded mass murdering bastard tried in a military court and swiftly hung for committing an act of war against America on our soil!! (after waterboarding him for all the info we can pump out of him, of course). And we want him hung in our lifetimes!! we don't want Obama/Holder coddling him as a trod upon young victim led astray. He deserves a fair trial and swift justice at the end of a rope!! No justice, NO PEACE!!