Finally a Victory for Sanity
Someone over at the White House is paying attention. According to today’s Washington Post senior advisers to the President will recommend that Mr. Obama overturn Attorney General Holder’s decision to try KSM in New York City and instead do so in a military tribunal. Apparently the news isn ‘t being welcomed by everyone.
President Obama’s advisers are nearing a recommendation that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, be prosecuted in a military tribunal, administration officials said, a step that would reverse Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.’s plan to try him in civilian court in New York City…..
Privately, administration officials are bracing for the ire of disappointed liberals and even some government lawyers should the administration back away from promises to use civilian courts to adjudicate the cases of some of the 188 detainees who remain at Guantanamo…..
Moving the Sept. 11 case back to military court could scuttle the administration’s plans to bring other Guantanamo detainees to federal jurisdictions. Administration officials had said they planned to put about 35 Guantanamo detainees on trial, either in federal court or military commissions. While some of the other suspects are not as well known, it may be hard for the administration to argue that they can be tried in civilian court, having relented on Mohammed.
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The Far Laft doesn’t come to it’s senses. It’s not in their nature. They can’t help themselves. They blew the benefit of the doubt AGES ago. They are up to something. They always are.