Posted on 06/17/2008 1:39:36 PM PDT by WesA
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Barack Obama's foreign policy advisers said Tuesday that Osama bin Laden, if captured, should be allowed to appeal his case to U.S. civilian courts, a privilege opposed by John McCain.
Responding to questions from The Examiner, Sen. John Kerry and former White House counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke said bin Laden would benefit from last week's Supreme Court decision giving terrorism suspects habeas corpus, the right to appeal their military detention to civilian courts.
“If he were to be brought back,” Clarke said of bin Laden, “the Supreme Court ruling holds on the right of habeas corpus.”
Kerry, who applauded the Supreme Court ruling, said it will be carried out by whichever candidate wins the presidency.
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No wonder Scalia gets depressed. If the Constitution is the most important thing to him and it seems to be, he watches as it is continually shredded. We would be better off with grade schoolers interpreting the Constitution.
Is anyone truly surprised? I know Obama supporters aren’t...
My experience with Leftists is that they love trials because they are entertaining and their need to have one in this case has nothing whatsoever to do justice. They want a show.
Same rights as “ Winnie the Pooh”.
All is fair in “Love and War”.
He’s not just stupid, he’s downright scary. It’s like he wants Osama to be set free by the civilian courts. Extremists like him empathize with fellow-extremist terrorists more than they empathize with our own troops. See haditha for proof.
Another Democrat Party before country position(work for their trial lawyer lobby). Imagine an O.J. verdict thanks to the left.
This is really mind boggling. If Bin Laden is ever caught, he will be tried in a civilian court, apparently. He will have to be read his Miranda rights, and we will have to produce evidence, based on the laws used in civilian courts, that he conspired with Mohammed Atta and the boys to hijack the planes and crash them into buildings.
Amazing. A military court tribunal would be more justice than Bin Laden deserves, yet we will have to give him his rights as if he were an American citizen.
Maybe, if Bin Laden is ever caught, someone can administer justice to him, while superior officers look the other way?
Our new motto in the field; Take No Prisoners…especially Barry’s buddy!
Is this more wisdom from the Winnie-the-Pooh manual on National Security & Foreign Policy?
Personally, I think they would welcome Osama into the U.S. —to be Obama’s running mate. Go Obama/Osama — For a REAL change.
Liberals=Quislings and morons.
Because locking up the 1993 WTC bombers for “life” protected that building from further attacks and prevented the terrorists from seeing their goal accomplished. < /s >
And after Bin Laden’s acquitted by the OJ jury, Obama can appoint him Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I’m sure he and his guys will be happy to clear as many city centers for redevelopment as they can.
"I do solemnly swear on this Koran here, that I merely SUGGESTED to the holy students that flying into the World Trade Center MIGHT disrupt the evil doings of the Jews and their hideous cousins the Christians in the Evil Land of Amrika. I never actually TOLD them to do it."
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