Comments on: Holder acts like a Patriot as Republicans continue to shriek in terror

By: Allison Kilkenny

Allison Kilkenny — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:08:43 +0000

Josh Marshall over at Talking Points Memo addressed this.
But here’s the gist:
1) Remember all those high-profile terror prosecutions where the defendants went free? Right, me neither.
2) The possibility that a judge would suppress evidence obtained through torture is a real one. But Eric Holder made clear he and his prosecutors believe they have more than enough untainted evidence to obtain convictions. So that should not be an issue.
3) Even in the extremely unlikely case that any of the five were acquitted of these charges, the government has a hundred other things it can charge them with.

Josh expands on those 3 basic points. I highly recommend giving it a read.

By: dtafs

dtafs — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:13:14 +0000

When did conservatives become such pussys?

All we have ever heard from the right is that we “Don’t NOT do things because it might cause us pain.”

By: libtree09

libtree09 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:56:16 +0000

Bill,

Does a military trial guarantee his conviction? Would he go straight from court house to firing squad? Or are you just telling the country that this man is so powerful, so dangerous, so radioactive, a regular Hanibal Lector of terrorists that is it potentially lethal for New York to set foot in the country?

Here’s a headline from Al Quida: America Fears Jihad Hero Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

By: Bill Dupray

Bill Dupray — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:24:19 +0000

How would this argument hold up if Holder, even if KSM were acquitted, decided to him in prison?

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