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02-13-2010, 11:29 AM
New uncertainty surrounds Sept. 11 trial
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration appears increasingly unsure what to do with professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after officials indicated they are reconsidering not just where he should go on trial, but whether he should face civilian or military justice.
Both Attorney General Eric Holder and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs did not rule out a military trial when asked Friday about the Obama administration's options.
Trying Mohammed in military court would mark a further political retreat from Holder's announcement last year that Mohammed and the four other Sept. 11 suspects now held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be tried in federal court in New York.
The Obama administration is trying to head off a possible vote in the Senate that could stop any terror suspects currently held at Guantanamo from being brought to the United States to face a civilian trial. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is offering such legislation, after losing a vote last year on the issue.
And this last paragraph says it all -- for why the administration is second guessing itself. Given the political climate of the country (due to man-made global warming, naturally :rolleyes: ), the WH probably doesn't want to risk such a vote that would betray to the public just how weak BO has become. This is a hot issue and while Graham's bill went down in defeat last year, there's a good chance it might not this year. (Even Chuckles Schumer doesn't want the trial in NYC.) So, it appears that the administration is all set to do a flip-flop on its policy decision -- all out of its deep heart-felt concern for the People, of course. This would be the official reason behind the change of heart. :rolleyes:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_sept11_trial
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P.S. Can someone spell l-a-m-e d-u-c-k?
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration appears increasingly unsure what to do with professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed after officials indicated they are reconsidering not just where he should go on trial, but whether he should face civilian or military justice.
Both Attorney General Eric Holder and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs did not rule out a military trial when asked Friday about the Obama administration's options.
Trying Mohammed in military court would mark a further political retreat from Holder's announcement last year that Mohammed and the four other Sept. 11 suspects now held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would be tried in federal court in New York.
The Obama administration is trying to head off a possible vote in the Senate that could stop any terror suspects currently held at Guantanamo from being brought to the United States to face a civilian trial. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is offering such legislation, after losing a vote last year on the issue.
And this last paragraph says it all -- for why the administration is second guessing itself. Given the political climate of the country (due to man-made global warming, naturally :rolleyes: ), the WH probably doesn't want to risk such a vote that would betray to the public just how weak BO has become. This is a hot issue and while Graham's bill went down in defeat last year, there's a good chance it might not this year. (Even Chuckles Schumer doesn't want the trial in NYC.) So, it appears that the administration is all set to do a flip-flop on its policy decision -- all out of its deep heart-felt concern for the People, of course. This would be the official reason behind the change of heart. :rolleyes:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_sept11_trial
Boxcar
P.S. Can someone spell l-a-m-e d-u-c-k?