America on Trial—The Wrong Battlefield
America on Trial-How a civilian trial of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed could endanger the country by Jacob Laksin In the annals of poor political judgment, the Obama administration’s decision to try 9/11 mastermind Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay-based terrorist detainees in a New York City federal court may yet rank as a blunder without peer in American history. The administration’s announced motive is to prove that civilian courts can be trusted to dispense justice to America’s deadliest enemies. But in affording al-Qaeda alumnus Mohammed and his jihadist cohorts the constitutional privileges reserved for common criminals, the administration may...
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Al Qaeda, Alumnus, American History, Annals, Battlefield, Blunder, Civilian Courts, Cohorts, Criminals, Detainees, Enemies, Guantanamo Bay, Jacob Laksin, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, Mastermind, Motive, Obama, Political Judgment, Privileges, X92