Andrew McCarthy: Trial and Terror; the left gets its reckoning.
Andrew McCarty shows that it makes no sense to skip the military system under which KSM was charged, and under which other terrorists will be tried. They were designed for just such a purpose as the trial of KSM. Then he puts his finger on the political reason for Obama’s trying KSM in a civilian court:
“That is, Pres. Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder, experienced litigators, fully realize that in civilian court, the Qaeda quintet can and will demand discovery of mountains of government intelligence. They will demand disclosures about investigative tactics; the methods and sources by which intelligence has been obtained; the wintnesses from the intelligence community, the military, and law enforcemtn who interrogated witnesses, conducted searches, secretly intercepted enemy communications, and employed other investigative techniques. They will attempt to compel testimony from officials who formulated US counterterrorism strategy, in addition to US and foreign intelligence officers. As civilian