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To: combjelly who wrote (530072)	11/17/2009 9:22:20 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577060

In 1973, a young terrorist named Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary entered the United States and quickly began plotting an audacious attack in New York City. He built three powerful bombs — bombs powerful enough to kill, maim and destroy — and put them in rental cars scattered around town, near Israeli targets. The plot failed. The explosive devices did not detonate, and Al-Jawary fled the country, escaping prosecution for nearly two decades — until he was convicted of terrorism charges in Brooklyn and sentenced to 30 years in federal penitentiary. But his time is up. In less than a month, the 63-year-old Al-Jawary is expected to be released. He will likely be deported; where to is anybody's guess. The shadowy figure had so many aliases it's almost impossible to know which country is his true homeland. .... Those who helped put Al-Jawary behind bars believe he'll pick up where he left off. "What is he going to do when he gets out?" McTigue said. "He'll be deported and received as a hero and go right back into his terrorist activities. He's had years to think about nothing else but causing havoc and destruction." foxnews.com

To: combjelly who wrote (530072)	11/17/2009 10:50:04 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577060

>>> That always happens with high-profile terrorists. Those "high-profile terrorists" you're referring to that have been previously tried were not enemy combatants, they were arrested in a law-enforcement process. There is a huge difference. Everyone has talked about lack of Miranda rights and waterboarding. But the entire process is different. There has never been, or at most a very small number, of terrorists tried under these circumstances. The suggestion that we have any meaningful experience in trying people under these circumstances is simply not true. I would like to think Holder knows what he's doing here. But it takes one Muslim on the jury to f*ck it up. And Holder is not exactly a glowing example of competence. And his boss, unfortunately, is just as bad. There is no reason at all to feel confident they will win a conviction here. And these people probably aren't going to be tried together so it could well occupy al Jazeera, heating up the Middle East, for years. One of the more stupid moves this president has made. Although the number of stupid moves is pretty much countless at this point.