re: #316 Petero1818

[…] I don’t feel as other do, that a civillian trial “endangers America” or “emboldens the enemy”. I believe that any truly national security secrets could be dealt with IN CAMERA and all interests could be served.

I would think so too, if we hadn’t already had terrible proof to the contrary. The trials of the ‘93 WTC bombers disclosed valuable intelligence to the public, which made its way back to bin Laden. He had been under eavesdropping surveillance, but armed with the knowledge that we were listening, and how we were listening, he secured his lines of communication for the rest of the 90s. He was thus able to perpetrate the East African embassy bombings, and then 9/11 itself.

This is not a talking point, nor is it gibberish. It is a serious concern with real-world precedent, which deserves honest engagement.