Tag: KSM
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The al-Awlaki Killing Crossed a Line. Bravo, Mr. President.
In addition to being a tactical victory, the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is a welcome reminder that the President understands we are at war.
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After a Fair Trial, the Prisoner Will Be Executed
The notion that KSM has all the rights of a civilian murder suspect is farcical, and in homage to that farce the administration is willing to endanger Americans.
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How is the KSM Trial Like a Garbage Barge?
I envision the planned KSM trial now traipsing from one venue to another, turned away at every stop. It would be poetic justice if KSM and his fellow terrorists, like the wandering garbage barge, end up right back where they started — in this case, Guantanamo.
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Obama: “Our Nation is at War Against a Far-Reaching Network of Violence and Hatred”
Perhaps all of the criticism from Dick Cheney and others about a law-enforcement approach to terrorism has had a positive effect. In his weekly address today, President Obama reprises one of the better lines from his Inaugural Address: It’s been nearly a year since I stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and took […]
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Gitmo, Politics and Unintended Consequences
The good people of Thomson, Illinois, are eager for the jobs that would be created if the Obama administration moves some of the prisoners held at Guantanamo to the Thomson Correctional Center. Ironically, the detainees themselves seem to want to stay put in Gitmo, where they get ample exercise under the Caribbean sun.
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The Folly of KSM’s Civilian Trial
Krauthammer: What happens if KSM (and his co-defendants) “do not get convicted,†asked Senate Judiciary Committee member Herb Kohl. “Failure is not an option,†replied Holder. Not an option? Doesn’t the presumption of innocence, er, presume that prosecutorial failure — acquittal, hung jury — is an option? By undermining that presumption, Holder is undermining the […]
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Senator Graham vs. Senator Clueless, on Trials for Jihadists
Senator Leahy, don’t you think there are a few questions we might want to ask a captured bin Laden? Such as: "Dude, where you been hanging out all these years?" Or: "Any of your peeps have any plans we might wanna know about?"
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Politics Outweighs Principle in Ordering a Civilian Trial for KSM
It certainly can’t be understood as a principled decision. The administration intends to continue on the path of holding military commissions for other captured jihadists. I know of no way to articulate a principled reason for bringing some but not all terrorists into the criminal justice system.
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Torture, Euthanasia, and Decision-Making Without A Bright Line
Bright-line rules provide the comfort of easy decision-making. But many times there is no bright line, leaving people of good will to agonize about the lesser evil, often under intense pressure. When does a ticking-time-bomb interrogation cross the line from harsh to torturous? When does giving morphine to a dying patient cross the line from providing comfort to homicide?
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Obama’s National Security Policy Looks Like Bush’s Third Term. Thank Goodness.
Krauthammer today: The genius of democracy is that the rotation of power forces the opposition to come to its senses when it takes over. When the new guys, brought to power by popular will, then adopt the policies of the old guys, a national consensus is forged and a new legitimacy established. Exactly right. I […]