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  • Carney: Boston Bombing Suspect Will Not Be Charged As Enemy Combatant

    04/22/2013 2:54:15 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 6 replies
    RealClearPolitics Video ^ | April 22, 2013
    (VIDEO-AT-LINK) White House press secretary Jay Carney says Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will not be charged as an enemy combatant but instead face trial in a federal court. JAY CARNEY: He will not be treated as an enemy combatant. We will prosecute this terrorist through our civilian system of justice. Under U.S. law, United States citizens cannot be tried in military commissions. And it is important to remember that since 9/11 we have used the federal court system to convict and incarcerate hundreds of terrorists. The effective use of the criminal justice system has resulted in the interrogation,...