Deciphering the Mohammed Trial
Ryan Thompson says:
This is a very good unbiased read.
Amplify’d from www.stratfor.com
Deciphering the Mohammed Trial
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in federal court in New York. Holder’s decision was driven by the need for the U.S. government to decide how to dispose of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a U.S. Naval base outside the boundaries of the United States selected as the camp in which to hold suspected al Qaeda members.
Holder has opened up an extraordinarily complex can of worms with this decision. As U.S. attorney general, he has committed himself to proving Mohammed’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt while guaranteeing that his constitutional rights (for a non-U.S. citizen captured and held outside the United States under extraordinary circumstances by individuals not trained as law enforcement personnel, no less) are protected. It is Holder’s duty to ensure Mohammed’s prosecution, conviction and fair treatment under the law. It is hard to see how he can.
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Dave Grossman on Twitter November 16, 2009 8:29 pm
RT @RyanSThompson Deciphering the Mohammed Trial http://amplify.com/u/xra Complex indeed. Nice find, thx.
Eric Goldstein November 16, 2009 8:39 pm
Chris Parandian November 16, 2009 9:12 pm
Nathan Rein November 16, 2009 10:43 pm
karen todd November 16, 2009 11:06 pm
karen todd November 16, 2009 11:14 pm
thanks for the link- interesting site there…………..
karen todd November 16, 2009 11:16 pm
though they tried the first world trade center bombers in our regular court system- and not in military court……………..
Ryan Thompson November 17, 2009 8:30 am
Karen, they did because they were captured in the US. KSM was not captured here.