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Don't Let Terror Win in Our Courts
911FamiliesForAmerica.org ^
| February 22, 2009
| Debra Burlingame
Posted on 02/22/2009 6:34:57 AM PST by Sergeant Tim
Two weeks ago, I was among a small group of USS Cole and 9/11 victims families who met with President Obama at the White House. Despite President Obamas assurances that the safety and security of the American people is his number one priority, I left the meeting with little confidence that the President appreciates the grave consequences of shutting down Guantanamo or the complex problems associated with adjudicating detainee cases in the federal court system. Indeed, he told us that he is not at all concerned about the security issues of bringing the detainees to the U.S. His rationale for this is simple: whether detainees are held in a federal prison or a military facility, either location would present a hard target for future terrorist attacks aimed at freeing them. He believes the detainees will be forgotten by their fellow militants.
They will not be forgotten, however, by an army of elite defense lawyers...
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TOPICS: Editorial; Government; War on Terror; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 911; 911families; abughraib; alajmi; alqaeda; barackobama; burlingame; courts; debraburlingame; detainees; gitmo; guantanamo; ksm; militarycommissions; obama; uighurs; usscole; yemen
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:36:09 AM PST
by
Sergeant Tim
(In the War on Terror, there is no place to run from here.)
To: Sergeant Tim
Already won (or lost) and the ‘men in black robes’ are already pi$$ing their pants hiding under the skirts of a false lady liberty.
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:41:22 AM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: Sergeant Tim
They will not be forgotten by a team of EVIL defense lawyers.
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posted on
02/22/2009 6:53:08 AM PST
by
Carley
(President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
To: Sergeant Tim
He said that, the world saw what happened at Abu Ghraib and mixed that up with Guantanamo. Comrade Hussein 0bama is so concerned with his world popularity, that he is willing to sacrifice American lives "for the greater good".
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posted on
02/22/2009 7:48:11 AM PST
by
The Sons of Liberty
(FUBO Kenyan Usurper - "Let his days be few, and let another take his office." Psalm 109:8)
To: xcamel; Sergeant Tim
Already won (or lost) and the men in black robes are already pi$$ing their pants hiding under the skirts of a false lady liberty.America's "current approach" mullahs are no match for Islamic scholars (jurisprudence). They lack philosophical underpinnings and singleness of purpose.
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posted on
02/22/2009 7:54:35 AM PST
by
PGalt
To: Sergeant Tim
wonder if they will be eligible for bail
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posted on
02/22/2009 8:31:19 AM PST
by
sloop
(pfc in the quiet civil war)
To: Sergeant Tim
These three words say it all!!!
KEEP GITMO OPEN!!!
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posted on
02/22/2009 9:52:53 AM PST
by
cleveland gop
(Jack Bauer is back!!! Are you in a FLANK 2 position???)
To: Sergeant Tim
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posted on
02/22/2009 10:34:40 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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