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I think people are freaking out without understanding what's going on.
That's not how the law works, at all. Speedy trial kicks in once you're indicted.
Is it any crazier than trying people from halfway around the world in our court system for plotting to blow up the world trade center with a truck bomb?
We've done this for years and it's worked just fine. The blind sheik, Ramzi Yousef, John Walker Lindh and others have all been convicted in civilian courts. It worked just fine when Bush and Clinton did it, so I don't see any reason to think it wont work when Obama does it.
Are you familiar with the fact that they don't have to turn over all their sources? Or with the fact that they wouldn't bring a civilian prosecution if they didn't have admissible evidence to convict them on? Or with the fact that they've already stated their desire to plead guilty, thus obviating the need for discovery?
Good for Fox News, because they're absolutely right. It's not happening, as much as it seems some on here would love it.
No they would not.
That "legal expert" is a goddamn moron. Again we've done this many times before. This is not some new thing that Obama is just making up.
Conclusion: People will use any excuse to attack their political opponents on something, even if they don't have the slightest clue what they're talking about.
It doesn't matter, no evidence will be entered, as soon as they set foot on U.S. soil they will be entitled to full Constitutional protections, their right to a speedy trial has been violated, thus they must all be released on this technicality which is precisely what the Harvard Law graduate boy king wants. These people were just responding to us white oppressors after all.
That's not how the law works, at all. Speedy trial kicks in once you're indicted.
The more I think of this - the absurdity, the outcry it will cause, the political fallout.....
I just can't believe we've reached a point where we're trying people from halfway around the world in our court system for plotting to fly two jumbo airliners into our two tallest buildings in New York!
Is this really what liberals want our country to look like?
Is it any crazier than trying people from halfway around the world in our court system for plotting to blow up the world trade center with a truck bomb?
We've done this for years and it's worked just fine. The blind sheik, Ramzi Yousef, John Walker Lindh and others have all been convicted in civilian courts. It worked just fine when Bush and Clinton did it, so I don't see any reason to think it wont work when Obama does it.
Yeah! Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is innocent. Free the Gitmo Five.:rofl
Are you familiar with the process known as "discovery" in legal circles? Do you know how the discovery process will be used to expose American intelligence sources? Is this one of the reasons why KSM wasn't tried in the US District Court (SDNY) in the first place?
Are you familiar with the fact that they don't have to turn over all their sources? Or with the fact that they wouldn't bring a civilian prosecution if they didn't have admissible evidence to convict them on? Or with the fact that they've already stated their desire to plead guilty, thus obviating the need for discovery?
Fox News devoted a good deal of time re this issue this morning. The Administration of course is arguing that the public should be able to see and know of the proceedings in this trial and a military tribunal would deny that to them. They can't give a reason for that, but that is their 'reason' for bringing the five culprits to the USA for trial.
They are pooh poohing any possibility that a liberal judge might dismiss the case outright or release these guys on a technicality.
Good for Fox News, because they're absolutely right. It's not happening, as much as it seems some on here would love it.
If they are released they would be released IN the USA.
No they would not.
Another 'legal expert' stated an opinion that a military tribunal would probably be held and sentence pronounced within the next year; however, it will be at least a decade before opening arguments will be heard in a civil trial.
That "legal expert" is a goddamn moron. Again we've done this many times before. This is not some new thing that Obama is just making up.
Conclusion: Our Muslim-sympathetic Administration is most likely throwing a bone to the Muslim world by ensuring that these guys will likely never go on trial until the current Administration is done and long gone.
Conclusion: People will use any excuse to attack their political opponents on something, even if they don't have the slightest clue what they're talking about.