Wednesday, November 18, 2009

More enemies in the mirror

I've been thinking about (H/T a lot of people like Mitch and ColdFusion Guy) the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in Neuvo York, and the following thoughts come to mind.

1. Whose brilliant idea was it to try a POW in civilian courts, directly against the rules of the Geneva Convention?

2. Exactly why did this person think a 9/11 conspirator could get a fair jury in New York? The law allows change of venue for a reason, after all.

3. Exactly why does this person apparently think that Islamists here in the U.S. will not attempt to intimidate the jury once it's in place? Trials are, after all, public, as are the identities of jury members.

4. Exactly why does Mr. Holder think there will be no problems in the (likely) case he's acquitted?

5. Exactly why does Mr. Holder think that there will be no problems with presenting classified evidence in a public courtroom?

We have met the enemy, and he is one of us. Basic rules of evidence and law known to every first semester law student are being blatantly ignored by our Attorney General and President, both of whom have somehow passed the bar.

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