Al, > What has he done that he needs to be held in reproach? He's trying to do a difficult job among the cacophony of political opinion...
Yeah, it's a tough job being the nation's Attorney General. Poor him, maybe we should find someone who can handle the task better and deal with the criticism.
> I know no more than he has flipped than you do, or seem to...
Personally I think it's the Obama administration that flipped. If Congress really was making it difficult for Eric Holder to try KSM in civilian trials (which I don't believe, but whatever), he could have gotten an executive order from Obama to get past the roadblocks.
In any case, it's hard to defend the civilian trials outside of a liberal ideological context. Like I said before, there are way too many complications with trying KSM and his cohorts in a civilian court. Doesn't matter if many other terrorists have been or not, because the circumstances behind KSM's apprehension are unique.
Even Moussaoui, the would-have-been 20th hijacker, was captured on American soil by the FBI, so a civilian trial makes sense. But that trial was marked by lots of bizarre motions and statements by Moussaoui himself, along with requests for classified info which greatly complicated matters:
en.wikipedia.org
A lot of these complications could have been avoided by resorting to military tribunal. Sure, there are a different set of complications, but it's funny how Eric Holder no longer sees them as that big of a deal now that he's (reluctantly) decided to go that route.
All IMO, of course. But unlike you, I can actually argue a point without resorting to ad hominem attacks and hypocritical accusations of "blind cynicism."
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