Former AG Michael Mukasey: Our Laws Brought About 9-11 Attacks
The Obama administration has said it intends to try several of the prisoners now detained at Guantanamo Bay in civilian courts in this country. This would include Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and other detainees allegedly involved. The Justice Department claims that our courts are well suited to the task.
Based on my experience trying such cases, and what I saw as attorney general, they aren't. That is not to say that civilian courts cannot ever handle terrorist prosecutions, but rather that their role in a war on terror—to use an unfashionably harsh phrase—should be, as the term "war" would suggest, a supporting and not a principal role.
http://snardfarker.ning.com/profiles/blogs/former-ag-michael...
Of course
Of course he wants that. If any of those detainees ever see a jury, the government always gets called out on its bogus detentions.
They want carte blanche powers to do whatever their interest groups want.
Maybe this should be a front page article.
Uh, no...
The Bush neocons and the military-industrial complex brought about the 9/11 attacks, using explosives and remote-controlled airplanes.
Oh, sorry. I forgot I'm supposed to buy the Bin Laden/Al Qaeda myth.