Hahahahahaha
Obama admin backing away from civilian trial for KSM
Gee, they’ve hit a rough patch.
WASHINGTON – White House officials sought on Friday to stem mounting criticism of President Barack Obama’s handling of terrorism cases, saying they would not rule out using a military court to try accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Both Attorney General Eric Holder and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs did not rule out a military trial when asked about the Obama administration’s options.
Trying Mohammed in military court would mark a further political retreat from Holder’s announcement last year that the five 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.
At stake is the public’s perception of the administration’s handling of national security, already shaken last year by strong congressional opposition to transferring any Guantanamo detainees to American soil. A Hill defeat over the trial issue could embolden the GOP minority to raise national security concerns in the midterm elections later this year.
The prospect of such a vote could test of how many moderate Democrats have abandoned Obama on the issue.
Oh, do hold the vote, please. It really would represent bi-partisanship, consensus, all that good stuff.
- Aggie
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
February 13, 2010 @ 9:44 am
This would have been my WWTAA (What Was That All About), Part III, Aggie, if you hadn’t gotten to it first.
This administration is careening downhill like an out-of-control luger. I only hope we survive the inevitable crash.
BTL
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
February 13, 2010 @ 5:52 pm
Speaking of out of control luger - am I the only one that found it absolutely inappropriate to show that poor young man’s death, again and again, during prime time? I was at a party last night and there were little kids - real little kids - glued to the TV watching it over and over. It also makes it worse for the family to traumatize them again and again. What is the matter with us?
- Aggie
Carol said,
February 14, 2010 @ 2:34 pm
Yet the networks won’t show clips of 9-11.
Bloodthirsty Liberal said,
February 14, 2010 @ 2:35 pm
Excellent point. It means that they have a political bias and don’t want to show us why we are nervous about terrorism… but the death of the young athlete was apolitical, so why not get the ratings charge? I hadn’t thought about that.
- Aggie