Real court of law or a circus for combatants?
William H. Ezell New London
Publication: The Day
I am appalled by the Obama administration's decision to insist on trying Khalid Sheik Mohammad and his four admitted co-conspirator killers in a New York City court instead of in a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, where they belong.
These professionally trained military enemy combatant killers are not criminals, but soldiers of al-Qaida and should be tried by a military tribunal.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham asked Attorney General Eric Holder during a Senate hearing: "Has an enemy combatant ever been tried in a civilian court in the United States?" Mr. Eric Holder was embarrassed, since the answer was "no."
The Day's editorial titled "Detainee dilemma," published Nov. 17, cited a sensible solution: a "national security court," a hybrid military-civilian court, as offered by law professor Glenn Sulmacy of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. This seems like a workable solution in that it would keep politics and "political correction" out of the issue. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has a reputation for doing things smartly and right.
To try enemy combatants in New York City is an embarrassment to the U.S. judiciary system and looks worse than an old Roman circus or a comic opera. Plus it will endanger more Americans.
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