The fact is he was acquitted of dozens of crimes of conspiracy because the “laws of evidence” in a civilian court would not allow the prosecution to enter all the evidence they had against him – even his own confession – is ludicrous.
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February 24, 2010 05:14
Ashcroft Says Not to ‘Put Our Head in the Sand’ in War on Terror
“The defense of freedom requires an integrity of vocabulary and a transparency in policy that I believe is essential for our success. I think when defending freedom, if you refuse to call a war a war you’re unlikely to be able to defend it successfully,” he said, alluding to the so-called war on terror.
February 2, 2010 08:39
The Case for Military Tribunals
Battleground conditions do not translate to federal criminal rules. There are no evidence bags stored in the foxhole to preserve the chain of custody. Any effort by a trial judge to force the terrorist’s foot into our constitutionally honed Cinderella shoe threatens valued protections that have been enlarged over two centuries of Supreme Court review, most since World War II. At the same time, a policy that includes the possibility of a civilian trial for any terrorist controls our treatment of all terrorists, thereby crippling our ability to obtain needed intelligence.
