There has sure been a lot of fear mongering, of late, by the same folks that we’re spinning the facts in the Bu$h administration. The Neo Republican minions of the corporate government still speak with one voice and the choreography is all too predictable.
KSM is on trial for his involvement in the destruction of the World Trade Center and the scene of the crime is, of course in NY City. Typically criminals are tried in the jurisdiction where the crime was committed. If anyone has any objection, they should file for a change of venue. That is how the law works, not by a bunch of extremists screaming bloody murder because they don’t get their way. How about some consideration for the folks that lost relatives, shouldn’t they be able to see justice being done?
Can it be that there is more to this than the main stream media is reporting, like maybe, that admission of evidence about other possible perpetrators of the crime cold be brought up? That looking closer at the evidence at the scene of the crime might reveal a few things that could reveal that the official government story is not feasible?
This is, after-all, the crime of the century and as such deserves a fair trial witnessed by the folks who were affected by this horrible and unbelievable, even after nine years, crime that has touched every one of us.
Senator offers Guantanamo Bay deal if 9/11 trials move to military tribunals
Washington Post Monday, March 8, 2010
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.) said that if President Obama agrees to try alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four accused henchmen in military tribunals, he will press fellow Republicans to vote to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Graham, interviewed Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” said reversing a plan by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to try the suspected terrorists in a civilian court in New York would be seen by the public as an act of leadership.
The White House is reviewing Holder’s plan, and no new recommendation has been presented to the president. A decision is not expected for several weeks.
Beyond Mohammed’s case, Graham also said a new legal framework is needed to deal with the most dangerous detainees at the U.S. military prison.
“We need a legal system that gives due process to the detainee but also understands they didn’t rob a liquor store,” he said.
Closing Guantanamo Bay was a key promise Obama made when he took office, but it remains unfulfilled as he battles pressure from both sides of the political aisle.
In a full-page ad in Sunday’s New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union said that if Obama does not back Holder, he will be extending the policies of the George W. Bush administration. The ad shows an image of Obama on the left and in subsequent panels moving to the right, the image morphs into a portrayal of Bush, who set up Guantanamo Bay for suspected terrorists.
ad_icon
“As president, Barack Obama must decide whether to keep his solemn promise to restore our Constitution and due process, or ignore his vow and continue the Bush-Cheney policies,” the ad states.
Suzie-Que's Truth and Justice Blog 