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Originally Posted by Richard
FWIW - I disagree. KSM and company were foreign citizens who committed crimes against American citizens which fall under federal law and - therefore - are to be tried under federal law in a federal court in New York - the most notable site of those crimes.
Here's the evidence federal prosecutors will use against them.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1114/p90s01-usju.html
It's called the 'rule of law' - and I'm certainly not 'livid' about it running its course.
YMMV...and so it goes... 
Richard's $.02  |
Interesting point of view. So, is this then a matter for US law enforcement?
Should the guys in A-Stan now concern themselves with maintaining the integrity of a "crime scene" and of the rights of the accused (which is far different from the rights of a prisioner of war)?
How many Nazi war criminals where tried in the US Court system, I wonder? I'm certain quite a few Jews died at the hands of Nazis having been US citizens at the time.
OJ Simpson was technically found innocent of the crime with which he was charged in the criminal trial we all remember the most. What makes us think that this is a "slam dunk" case? Nothing in our court system is guaranteed.
It will be interesting to re-look this thread one, or two years from now when these proceedings have run their course. I wonder what legacy will be left behind for us after it is all said and done. It can go either way.
Note: I just looked at the link you provided. Let's remember, that the Obama Administration has acknowledged that water boarding is/was torture. KSM may choose, if so inclined, to twart our efforts to prosecute him under US law by having any confessions/evidence obtained under torture, or after torture, thrown out. Other such "confessions" have been thrown out in other US cases by virtue that the investigator merely slapped a detained suspect during questioning. Also, snatching him out of his home in the middle night without a warrant is somewhat illegal under our laws, isn't it? So, if this is all considered and thrown out, what is this guy really guilty of? Anything?