A.G. Holder announces military trial for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Eric Holder

Attorney General Eric Holder unsealed the indictment and  announced today with genuine regret today that he will be unable to bring 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to trial in a civilian court.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and Bin-Laden

It really disturbs me that instead of being proud of our system of justice so many - especially Republicans in Congress who should know better like Lindsey Graham - treat the administration's plan to try the 9/11 for capital offenses before a jury  as something on the order of handing out candy to children on Halloween.  And then there was Sen. Charles Schumer joining with Graham in the `terrorists don't deserve justice'  camp to prove that Democrats can pander to "get tough" types with the best of them..


I have written that  wanted to be a KSM juror.  It is we who were attacked.  I think we should pass judgment on our attackers, not soldiers at Guantanamo - a military base seized in a colonial operation a century ago, as I have written.