Wednesday, April 6, 2011

An Appalling Decision on KSM Trial

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Today, by ordering a military trial at Guantanamo for 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-defendants, Attorney General Eric Holder finally put the Obama administration's stamp on the proposition that some criminals are "too dangerous to have fair trials."In reversing one of its last principled positions"”that American courts are sufficiently nimble, fair, and transparent to try Mohammed and his confederates"”the administration surrendered to the bullying, fear-mongering, and demagoguery of those seeking to create two...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/06/an_appalling_decision_on_ksm_trial_253294.html

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