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   On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, Sarah Austin  wrote:   
   >PAINTING A BULL'S EYE ON NEW YORK CITY   
   >   
   >By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN   
   >   
   >Published on DickMorris.com on November 14, 2009   
   >   
   >President Obama's decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in   
   >New York City along with four others accused of helping destroy the   
   >World Trade Center and attack the Pentagon on 9-11 paints a bulls-eye   
   >for terrorists right on New York City, their favorite target.  Now   
   >Obama has identified where the terrorists should focus their energies -   
   >on New York City.   
   >   
   >His decision to bow to political correctness and not to try Mohammed at   
   >a secure military base and to try him in a civilian court, according   
   >him all the rights of an American citizen, raises important questions:   
   >   
   >Most importantly, is the admissible evidence against Mohammed damning   
   >enough to secure a conviction?  The evidentiary requirements protecting   
   >an American citizen on trial are far stricter than those which would   
   >apply to an enemy combatant before a military tribunal.  We already   
   >watched how the twentieth hijacker, Zacarias Moussaoui escaped the   
   >death penalty because the evidence the government could use against him   
   >in a civilian criminal court was limited by his civil liberties.  As a   
   >result, the data from his computer, which had not been seized pursuant   
   >to the Fourth Amendment, could not be entered into evidence against   
   >him.  Failing such evidence, the feds had to settle for a life   
   >sentence.   
   >   
   >   
   >Since much of the evidence against Mohammed was gathered through   
   >interrogations before which he may not have been read his Miranda   
   >rights and during which he may have been water-boarded, one wonders how   
   >much of his statement that he was the mastermind of 9-11 is going to be   
   >admissible.  It could be that he will use the very constitution of the   
   >very government he seeks to destroy to protect himself from the death   
   >penalty or even life in prison.   
   >   
   >The decision to try him in a civilian court also confronts the   
   >Department of Justice with a difficult decision on how much of the   
   >evidence against Mohammed should be aired publicly.  Our anti-terror   
   >investigations depend on secrecy and the FBI and Homeland Security   
   >agents may not relish having their methods publicized in open court.   
   >There is even the possibility that there will be a global backlash in   
   >favor of Mohammed as his defense lawyer - paid for by the American   
   >taxpayer - will make him appear to be the victim of over-zealous   
   >investigators and prosecutors rather than the perpetrator of one of the   
   >greatest mass murders in history.   
   >   
   >In any event, President Obama is affording the terrorists exactly what   
   >they wanted in the first place - a global stage right near New York's   
   >theater district.  The very goal of terrorism is to attract world-wide   
   >attention and, by trying Mohammed in a civilian court in the middle of   
   >New York City, President Obama is giving them the stage they want on   
   >which to articulate their perceived grievances.   
   >   
   >Finally, there is the disturbing question of what will happen if   
   >Mohammed and/or his some of his confreres are found to be not guilty.   
   >Where will they be released?  Will they walk out of the courtroom free   
   >to prowl the streets of New York, their transportation having been paid   
   >courtesy of the taxpayers?  Will they be flown to Afghanistan to resume   
   >their plots against our government and our people, again at taxpayer   
   >expense?   
   >   
   >What Obama should have done was to try Mohammed before a military   
   >tribunal, without the full rights of an American citizen (which, of   
   >course, he is not) and, after a guilty verdict, executed him.  But this   
   >president bows before political correctness above all else and he may   
   >just have done Mohammed and al Qaeda a big, big favor.   
   >   
      
      
      
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