This civilian trial has nothing to do with bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to justice; he has already admitted to doing what he has been charged with and said he is guilty and accepts the death sentence. So what does this civilian trial have to do with except putting the cross hairs of terrorists on New York City again; it has to do with hopefully increasing the political capital of the President and the Democratic Party in view of their rapidly decreasing approval ratings. They need some circuses to feed to the people to give them a "bump" and increase their ratings presumably before the 2010 elections and 2012 Presidential elections. I think this will backfire because of the following reasons:
- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be given one of the greatest platforms to spread his vitriol and hatred and profess jihad to the world.
- It will allow his defense attorneys to get through the discovery process all sorts of intelligence material that would put the national security of the United States at risk.
- It would allow his defense attorneys to cross examine witnesses and put them at risk for retaliation and death.
- But most of all it would be a slap in the face of all those innocent victims in the World Trade Center Towers, their families and all the police, firemen and fire women and first responders who gave their lives in the service of their fellow men and women at Ground Zero that day of infamy.
My advice to you President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder is not to proceed with this circus in New York.
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I wonder, does it matter where it is held?
How about Area 51? No one can approach within miles of any building there.
Or how about in the courthouse nearest Thomson, Illinois? Keep prisoner transportation costs to a minimum.
It does matter because it gives them, the killer terrorits a legitimate platform to spew their vitriol and lies and hatred to the whole world. They don't deserve it or warrant it in anyway legally or morally.
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