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WHERE WOULD WE TRY BIN LADEN?

By Charlie Sykes

I'm not always a fan of Lindsey Graham, but this is riveting. And scary.

 

Via Hotair: Not only does Graham have to tell him that there’s no precedent for trying battlefield detainees in civilian court, but Holder’s emphasis on how we don’t need a confession to convict Bin Laden completely misses the larger point Graham’s trying to make. The real worry in a district-court trial isn’t what’ll happen to archterrorists like Osama or KSM, whose perpetual detention is assured; the worry is that those trials will establish precedents that’ll be exploited by lesser jihadis at their own trials later on. KSM won’t be released because the political consequences to the administration are too dire, but what about some other terrorist who’s less well known to the public and whose guilt, while certain to the CIA, is less provable under normal evidentiary rules? A confession in a case like that might be critical — but what if he wasn’t Mirandized before he confessed? What then? That’s Graham’s point, and Holder seems to want nothing to do with it.

Monday, Nov 23 at 11:32 PM Hank wrote ...

Charlie, I don't recall ever seeing a clip from FoxNews on your blog, but you should make an exception and post a clip of O'Reilly's interview with the lead attorney for KSM tonight (Monday) - unbelievable!

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Saturday, Nov 21 at 12:43 AM Hank wrote ...

to get back to the video, Holder's hesitation to Graham's initial question says it all - everything else is gravy- my poor opinion of Graham has been rehabilitated

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Friday, Nov 20 at 12:14 PM ljb wrote ...

CAN or Will anybody try to stop this?? Can we as a country allow this to happen? We threw a president out for less than this, or I think so. I think we are a country of cowards afraid to stand up to him. And he knows it. He must, hes thumbed his nose at our laws and the people since he walked in the W.H. WHO.....has called him on anything?

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Friday, Nov 20 at 12:04 PM ljb wrote ...

Its hitting the bottom when going after the guys who waterboarded is more of a crime than killing our citizens.. Bush proved he didn't want these people near his citizens and Obama wants them amoung us. Whats in this mans mind? When congressmen were ask about our constitution, replied,"we can change that". So, it looks like we don't matter to anyone.

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Friday, Nov 20 at 11:40 AM Kenny G wrote ...

Non-citizens should not be covered under US Constitutional protections. Sorry, not a citizen, the US constitution does not apply to you. Simple for me.

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Friday, Nov 20 at 8:59 AM MADDOG wrote ...

That wold be cruel and unusual punishment for KSM.

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Friday, Nov 20 at 12:16 AM Hank wrote ...

Let's sentence KSM to live with flair

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 4:06 PM flair/ wrote ...

w bush/cheney in jail soon warcrimes whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 12:52 PM To Snowbird wrote ...

Do you mean KSM or BO?

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 12:03 PM vet wrote ...

Hey, Blah, Blah, Bhah. What part of we are at war don't you get? I do question your patriotism ....and your intelligence.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 11:30 AM Anonymous wrote ...

This is stunning on number of levels. The ACLU lawyers could well argue police brutality, KSM gets set free, and the federal government sued for $$$$$$$$$$$. You have to start believing that BO and his neocom statist’s hatred for America runs deep. After the start of the destruction of our economy and now this it not implausible that sometime after reaching total US destruction that BO will fly off somewhere in a black helicopter to admire his handy work and will never be seen again.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 11:03 AM Lucy wrote ...

Sorry wireless problems. It should read now we get to spend $ to find guilty a man O promised would be found guilty & if he isn't he will be locked up anyway. They say Palin is stupid?????? Look in the mirror big O.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 10:54 AM Lucy wrote ...

Why do we need to change this to a civilian trial unless it's for political reasons. KSM was ready to plead guilty in a military trial b/4 it was stopped. Now we get to spend tons of $ to find guilty a man O has promised us we be fou But if for some reason he isn't found guilty we will lock him up anyway. This is stupid. They say Palin isn't ready for prime time.nd guilty.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 10:24 AM Chris wrote ...

Whitefish Bay you're absolutely right. This is nothing more than a gross politicization of terrorist attacks on this country, which would in all essence make a mockery of our justice system, and have the main focus of getting Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld. Obama and his cronies can't get past the glory days of "bash Bush" and want to bring back the public support they once had with that agenda.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 10:06 AM dispatcher wrote ...

I am a former resident of SC. Lindsey was a JAG so he knows a little bit about military courts. On this point he is spot on. I am so confused about this.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 9:57 AM Blah blah blah wrote ...

and the dbags are out complaining - try them in ny, milw or chicago...i'm not afraid of the courts screwing this up...but then again I'm being patriotic, not a fear mongering dbag...

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 9:51 AM John wrote ...

I would love to hear the reasoning behind this decision from the administration. Is it based on where they killed someone. KSM killed US citizens in the US so he is tried here. If you kill a US soldier outside of the US you are tried in military court. What a farce. I thought our soldiers were US citizens also. By the way these terrorists are on Jihad which translates into "holy war." They are at war with the US they should be tried in military court.

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Thursday, Nov 19 at 8:30 AM 8rent wrote ...

In the battle of dumb and dumber, dumb comes out looking like the leader of the MENSA pack, while Holder is exposed for being the hack that he is and always was.

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 10:01 PM Hoop Dreams wrote ...

Obama would be guilty of a jihad on our economy

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 8:26 PM Jordan wrote ...

I actually feel a bit sorry for Holder. Not because he didn't get the memo that 70's p0rn ‘staches are out (Tom Barrett finally got it a few years back), but that LORD AND SACRED MESSIAH BO SHOULD BE IN THAT CHAIR. This came down from the top, Holder looks like a ridiculous stammering fool for actually moving forward with this Barnum and Bailey side show trial that is truly an affront to anyone who got more than a tad angry on 9/11..

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 8:23 PM Jordan wrote ...

I actually feel a bit sorry for Holder. Not because he didn't get the memo that 70's porn ‘staches are out (Tom Barrett finally got it a few years back), but that LORD AND SACRED MESSIAH BO SHOULD BE IN THAT F-ING CHAIR. This came down from the top, Holder looks like a ridiculous stammering fool for actually moving forward with this Barnum and Bailey side show trial that is truly an affront to anyone who got more than a tad angry on 9/11..

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 8:19 PM Jordan wrote ...

I actually feel a bit sorry for Holder. Not because he didn't get the memo that 70's porn staches are out (Tom Barret finally got it a few years back), but that LORD AND SACRED MESSIAH SHOULD BE IN THAT F-ING CHAIR. This came down from the top, Holder looks like a ridiculous stammering fool for actually moving forward with this Barnum and Bailey side show trial that is truly an affront to anyone who got a little pi$$ed off on 9/11... Pardon me, I need to vomit...again

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 8:18 PM Shelly wrote ...

Where should we try Obama?

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:58 PM Bad Momma wrote ...

This decision to bring KSM to New York was announced. People are aghast and frightened. But no reason was ever given that I'm aware of. What is the reason? Is it Obama rashly promised to close Gitmo, and after Gitmo is history KSM will need a place to be put? And New York is it.

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:58 PM Leo of the Bohicans wrote ...

I could be mistaken, but it does appear that this administration has not thought this process through. Brian H, flair, obamafan, any thoughts? anonymous? snowbird? Rational Observer?

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:32 PM Whitefish Bay Mike wrote ...

This show trial is about getting W and Cheney, not KSM.

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:24 PM Osama wrote ...

Sheboygan

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Wednesday, Nov 18 at 7:12 PM Shelly wrote ...

On Judge Judy.

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