Tag Archives: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

WH Leans Toward Military Trial for 9/11 Suspects

It seems that the light bulb over the heads of some White House “advisors” just lit up with the revelation that letting the 9/11 suspects get lawyered up and then putting on a four year, $1 billion dollar show trial/propaganda extravaganza might, might not be in their best political interests. All the wasted time, money [...]

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Politico Breaking News: KSM NYC Trial No Go Says Obama

Prez Obama says that everybody connected with New York City and New York State saying “No” to his hare-brained idea to try KSM & Co. in lower Manhattan makes it “difficult” to have the trial there. Here’s a more accurate word for it……”Impossible!” ~~John Cronin~~ President Barack Obama acknowledged Sunday that local opposition is likely [...]

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GOP leader wants Gitmo open

Politico 44 By: Matt Negrin House Minority Leader John Boehner on Wednesday echoed a Republican chorus of criticism directed at the Obama administration’s response to the Christmas terror plot, saying Obama should not close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. “It’s time for the president to halt terrorist transfers to other countries, including Yemen, and to [...]

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An Irrational Act

Trying KSM in NYC will delay the verdict, and reduce the chances it is the right one. By Andrew C. McCarthy Here’s the biggest problem with the Obama administration’s decision to transfer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 jihadists to the civilian court system: It makes sense only if it’s being done for the [...]

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Reversing Obama on the KSM Trial

If you want to be fully informed on the KSM terrorist trial being held in lower Manhattan, rather than the perfect security setting of Camp Quantanamo, Andrew McCarthy of the National Review has written the best piece that I have seen. Please take the time to read this fine article and then send a link [...]

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Travesty in New York

By: Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the “propaganda of the deed.” And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 — not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in [...]

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Is America at war, or not?

Are we at war – or not? By: Patrick J. Buchanan For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen? Is [...]

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