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November 22, 2009
See, I Told You So
The Associated Press, via Powerline:
A lawyer for one of five men facing trial for the Sept. 11 attacks says the men plan to plead not guilty and use the trial to express their political views.Attorney Scott Fenstermaker says his client Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali and the others will not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but will tell the jury "why they did it."
He says the men will explain "their assessment of American foreign policy."
Fenstermaker met with Ali last week at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. He says the men, including professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have discussed the trial among themselves.
See, I told you more than once they were going to use the opportunity to put the United States on trail. Think that what KSM and his fellow jihadists have to say won't be reported with glee in half the world? The hate-America press will be in overdrive.
Giving your enemies a stage on which to express their views is always a bad idea. Only the naive think that "the world will turn against them once they see who they are." The reality is that much of the world either hates the West and/or agrees with the jihadist mindset that we risk turning KSM and his fellow jihadists into heroes for their performance during this trial. And no, they don't hate us because of Israel, the settlements, or George W. Bush. What we are seeing is simply the latest battle in a centuries old war.
Posted by Tom at November 22, 2009 9:53 PM
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Not only NYC is furious over the BHO administration's support of trying KSM in civil court.
Sure, the left will gloat over putting the GWB administration on trial. But this tactic will backfire on the Dems, IMO.
Posted by: Always On Watch at November 23, 2009 4:31 PM
Well. First things first. Last I heard, the trial was about 2 years way. No right to speedy trial for these guys after 8 years. Secondly, there are rules regarding testimony in court. I doubt seriously whether any defendant will allowed to express their political views.
TLGK
Posted by: tlgk at November 30, 2009 10:01 AM
