re: #442 Olsonist

You’ve purposefully ignored the questions as to why Yousef was tried in federal court and not in some other fashion.

He was tried in federal court because the crime was committed within the US; the same justification the Obama Administration is using to buttress its defense of trying KSM and others involved in the 9/11 attacks. They figured that the amount of evidence that can be admissible in federal court was sufficient to overcome the FRE hurdles on evidence.

Yousef was tried and convicted in NY federal court during the Presidency of Bill Clinton, who treated terrorism, like the 1993 WTC bombing as a criminal matter, and not recognizing the jihad as a war against the US and our interests worldwide.