CNN is reporting that the White House is considering a military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. WOW! What an inspiration! Why didn’t we think of this before? [face in palm]:
White House advisers are considering recommending alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in a military court instead of a civilian one in New York City, a senior administration official told CNN on Friday.
It was only a few short months ago that Holder et. al. had announced plans to try KSM in New York. That was not well-received by ANYONE who lives near where the trial would take place…nor anyone else for that matter (save for the “peace at all cost” crowd).
Among the many arguments against such a terrible idea, the issue of huge costs for extra security and the overall cost of even conducting such a trial (which could potentially go on for several years before all was said and done) were the first ones to be quickly discounted by the Administration. Their defense of a public trial was that the American justice system worked just fine thankyouverymuch, and they meant to prove to our enemies that we knew how to play fair.
A lot of us out here believe this animal doesn’t deserve to enjoy the same freedoms as those he successfully plotted to kill on 9/11, and that ALONE should be enough to try him like every other enemy of the State. It would be nice to think Obama finally came around to our way of thinking on this topic. Sadly, his motivation is solely in deference to the “bottom line”:
New York police have estimated the cost to the city would exceed $200 million per year in a trial that could last years. They have said, among other things, that they would need to install more than 2,000 checkpoints in Lower Manhattan.
[snip]
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Friday the administration was evaluating its options “based on New York City logistical and security concerns.”
The WH has obviously gotten the message. We’ll fight the battle over who deserves American civil justice another day. For now, at least, Manhattan has been spared.
Moe Lane
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
Maybe Barry should just replace Rahm
Tbone (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 1:12PM EST (link)with Rove and be done with it.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
Today is Friday it would be a good day to FIRE Holder. Nobody would notice obama. NT
bobojake (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 1:13PM EST (link)ok - now that we've got that settled....
Russ Martin (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 1:19PM EST (link)Now we’ve got to decide where to actually hold the trial. Wait a minute. Wait a minute….. I seem to remember hearing about a place. Yea! Yea! That’ll work! Guys, I think I’ve got the perfect place! Why don’t we try him at Gitmo! Its remote. We can control the press. I think we’ve got some military types already down there so security shouldn’t too much of a problem. Its so obvious, I can’t believe nobody’s thought of it before now! Are we brilliant, or what?
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Washington
I love Glenn Reynolds's take on this...
TheSophist (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 1:20PM EST (link)“the fierce moral urgency of the same”
LOL
-TS
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” – Ronald Reagan
So money concerns win out over principle? I'm shocked. SHOCKED!
Crowe (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 2:20PM EST (link)You say, “Sadly, his motivation is solely in deference to the ‘bottom line.’”
So it’s more important to avoid a massive expenditure than to make sure we “do the right thing” and try this guy in a fashion that demonstrates our uprightness and goodness and fairness as a society? So Obama is okay with what was previously a barbarous practice of a backward, cowboy administration just because the alternative is “too expensive”? Does this man have any principles that aren’t for sale or negotiation?
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Next thing you know he'll be bringing back extraordinary rendition!
Crowe (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 2:23PM EST (link)…what was that? oh.
(And ouch, that headlines’ gotta hurt the netroots, no?)
“We sleep soundly in our beds only because
rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence upon those who would do us harmDear Leader Obama gives us leave to do so.”Eat crow
jarvin Tuesday, March 9th at 8:59AM EST (link)Crowe. You need to eat crow. Your the kind of guy who would read the Miranda Rights to Hitler or Stalin. Get real man.
Caution - be allert for deals
mkozikowski (Diary) Friday, March 5th at 4:32PM EST (link)this was brought up on ‘Fox and Friends’ this morning.
Geraldo Rivera suggested that it is possible that this could be the result or play out of another one of the now Famous Barak Chicago stile deals.
It is very likely that BHO is giving in to moving the trial in order to get something more important. Anything more important.
This is now a disparate man-child. He is flailing in the dark, eyes closed. hoping that he will connect with one solid success.
There have been a lot of ‘buy outs’ lately. This just might be one more.
Obama should impeach himself
greyfox65 Monday, March 8th at 12:03PM EST (link)and let Joe Biden take a turn. The Goofball to top all previous goofballs
(remember George Bush and Dan Quayle?) will very quickly trip (and collapse) over his gaffes, then Madame Hillary can take over and bring Bubba back to the Oval Office cloakroom. Maybe he can get the economy moving again.
Larry Cumbie
Look Close...
lightfootletters Monday, March 8th at 3:06PM EST (link)If you look close the Obama policy is not much different than the Bush policy. The programs like the prescription drug bill Obama just wants much more of the same.
How could you write this with a "straight face"?
leehazel Monday, March 8th at 10:35PM EST (link)Erick: How could you write this with a straight face? I would have been laughing to hard to compose.
I guess what is even more remarkable is the fact that the White House is trying to spin this as though there never was a real intent to do these trials in civilian court.
Remaining in GITMO can’t be far behind.
This President will have to go down as the President of No, He will have the longest list on non-accomplishments in Presidential history. Laughable if it were not so terribly dangerous.
Unbelievable
PC is Thought Control
LEE
Well gee...
mbecker908 (Diary) Monday, March 8th at 10:40PM EST (link)