John Yoo: “KSM Trial a Boon to al Qaeda”
John Yoo: “Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court will be AN INTELLIGENCE BONANZA FOR AL-QAEDA, TIE UP OUR COURTS FOR YEARS ON ISSUES BEST LEFT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS, AND FURTHER CRIPPLE OUR INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES’ EFFORTS TO FIGHT TERRORISTS ABROAD.”
“KSM and his co-defendants will hae all of the benefits and rights that the U.S. Constitution accords those who live here, most importantly the right to demand that the government produce in open court all of the information that it has on them, and how it was obtained.”
“Arrested spies commonly use this right to get a better deal out of the government, which will want to avoid opening up its intelligence sources and methods on KSM, what information it got from him, and what else it knows about his fellow al Qaeda operatives.”
“Finding out what the US intelligence agencies know about al Qaeda will be an incalculabe boon to the terrorist organization, which will be able to drop plans and personnel it knows are compromised, and push harder in ..