Military Commissions: The Right Venue For KSM -- Wall Street Journal
Handling unlawful combatants in a military court is consistent with the Geneva Conventions and encourages compliance with the laws of war.
Last week Attorney General Eric Holder announced that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 conspirators may still be tried in a federal court in New York City. Why try these men in a major American city where they would require extraordinary security precautions and have a platform from which to spread their message? For that matter why should they but not other detainees be accorded the rights to a civilian trial at all?
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My Comment: A commentary that Attorney General Eric Holder should read .... but will not follow. He (and others in the administration) want their show trial even though the defendants have already admitted their guilt, and officials like Holder and even the President of the United States have already voice their opinion on what will be the eventual outcome.
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