Holder better start looking for another job. On Nov 22, 12:25 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/nov/20/babbling-by-the-brier-... > > *Babbling by the brier patch* > > Friday, November 20, 2009 > > The decision by the Obama administration to bring Khalid Sheik Mohammed to > New York for trial -- a decision we strongly oppose -- seems to have > unhinged its defenders in odd ways. > > President Obama, for example, spoke Wednesday about the trial as though the > outcome was a foregone conclusion. Regarding those who find the idea that > KSM will receive all the rights of a criminal defendant an offensive one, > the president said, "I don't think it will be offensive at all when he's > convicted and when the death penalty is applied to him." > > But isn't the cornerstone of American justice the presumption of innocence? > What if some judge decides the president's statement is prejudicial? Isn't > the president himself a lawyer who should know better? > > Then there is Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the Senate Judiciary > Committee, who was asked Thursday to comment on a legal question raised by > Sen. Lindsey Graham. At a Senate hearing, the South Carolina Republican > asked Attorney General Eric Holder if Osama bin Laden would be read his > Miranda rights, under administration guidelines, if captured. > > Sen. Leahy, a cheerleader for the administration's approach on the terrorist > trials, told the interviewer, "For one thing, capturing Osama bin Laden -- > we've had enough on him, we don't need to interrogate him." > > We're not sure how that position comports with the Holder doctrine on > terrorist rights, but it's safe to say there are plenty of intelligence > officials who believe a thorough interrogation of the terror mastermind > would be in order. > > Finally, there is the fact, apparently overlooked by Mr. Obama and Mr. > Holder, that Khalid Sheik Mohammed actually wants to be tried in New York > City so he can broadcast his message of holy war, as The Washington Post > reports. > > Or as Br'er Rabbit said to Br'er Fox, inwardly grinning all the while, "Skin > me, Br'er Fox, snatch out my eyeballs, tear out my ears by the roots, and > cut off my legs, but do please, Br'er Fox, don't fling me in that brier > patch ...."
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