The Awareness Campaign against Man-Caused Disasters is having a bad week or two.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge has tossed out most of the government’s evidence against a terrorism detainee on grounds his confessions were coerced, allegedly by U.S. forces, before he became a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay. ~breitbart.com
Good thing we’re not treating this like it’s a war. I’ll bet our soldiers didn’t read him his Miranda rights either.
The good news is that I’m sure that we have an overabundance of lawyers such that we could send a lawyer with every squad fighting around the world in order to ensure that every terrorist captured by US forces gets proper representation from moment one of their capture. Then once we arrest them properly we can send them stateside to bankrupt ourselves with costly trials that may or may not get them probation if we’re lucky and set them free if we’re not.
Security for 9/11 Trials in NYC Will Cost More Than $400M
Cost of Trying 9/11 Terrorists Could Go as High as $600 MillionNew York City projects it will cost more than $400 million to provide security if the pre-trial preparation and trial of the suspects in the Sept. 11 terror attacks takes two years, which insiders say is virtually certain, according to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
It will cost another $206 million annually if the trial runs beyond two years, which some fear is possible, the mayor’s office estimates. ~abcnews.go.com
The Christmas underwear bomber pleads innocent. Not guilty plea entered for Nigerian bomb suspect
On the bright side we are doing everything possible to protect his and every other radical islamic terrorist’s legal rights as US citizens!
Except that Obama has basically said that no matter what the outcome of KSM’s trial that he will never be let free. This kind of negates the whole rule of law thing.
These are some of the reasons why we should not treat these men who attempt to attack us as common criminals.