Posted on 03/05/2010 5:20:00 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama Leans Toward Switch to Military Trials on 9/11
By JONATHAN WEISMAN and EVAN PEREZ
WASHINGTON—The Obama administration now favors trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged Sept. 11, 2001, plotters in a military tribunal, officials said, yielding to opposition from Congress and local governments that was stymieing the Justice Department's plans for a civilian trial.
Members of Congress have moved to cut off funds for a civilian trial, while local governments have expressed reluctance to play host to such a trial. No decision has been reached, and a White House official said President Barack Obama wouldn't make his announcement for weeks as a review continues.
A reversal on the 9/11 trial would represent the latest backtracking on an issue that has bedeviled the Obama administration from nearly the outset. In his campaign, Mr. Obama asserted that Bush administration detention policies had damaged America's standing in the world. Two days after taking office, Mr. Obama signed an order pledging to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, where Mr. Mohammed is held, within a year.
But the administration soon retreated. Mr. Obama said in May that he would keep the military commissions President George W. Bush used to try some terror suspects, and he also decided to keep dozens of detainees held indefinitely without charge. Mr. Obama didn't close Guantanamo by the deadline.
Now, Mr. Obama is close to reverting to Mr. Bush's policy on the forum for trying Mr. Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators. The administration ran into strong Republican criticism when it announced plans for a civilian trial in November.
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The dither in chief.....
If we have to fight the Iranians or North Koreans, this imbecile will not know what to do, or more than likely, simply give up and run scared back to Africa to hide in his brother’s hut.
He’s giving ground on this one because there’s only one battle he cares about: ObamaCare.
With ObamaCare the US becomes a socialist country and there are, in a sense, no more battles.
He wins.
They win.
We lose.
Forever.
War, Terrorism, Trials... all non-issues compared to ObamaCare.
When that passes, we are all effectively slaves.
this administration has flip-flop more then my sandals on the beach.
He is duplicating at 10 times the cost what the Bush admin did.
They are dangerous and incompetent, a very dangerous combination.
Idiot leftwing extremist, took him only a year to figure out.
You Lying SOB, you said last year that GITMO would be.....Uh..nevermind, we already established you’re a Lying SOB.
I dont’ wanna be redundant in my Posts.
Can this idiot even decide what to have for breakfast????
During his campaign for 2012, he can claim:
“Yes, this was just one of the many things I was totally wrong about.”
What a dumb POS.
He’s giving ground on this one because there’s only one battle he cares about: ObamaCare.
With ObamaCare the US becomes a socialist country and there are, in a sense, no more battles.
He wins.
They win.
We lose.
Forever.
War, Terrorism, Trials... all non-issues compared to ObamaCare.
When that passes, we are all effectively slaves.””
Yes, and Gramnesty will finish it off for good. The military trials are just a distraction. He is going to pass healthcare and amnesty. The only thing left is to prepare for battle. I refuse to be a slave.
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