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To: combjelly who wrote (530234)	11/18/2009 12:06:07 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578011

Yet you are trying to make the case that trying them in a civilian court will have this effect. In GITMO, they were not plastered all over the news media day after day for broadcast all over the Middle East by al Jazeera and CNN. And they wouldn't have been in a military tribunal, either. While there won't be cameras in the courtroom, there will be crowds of cameras outside the courtroom 10 hours a day with nothing to do but stir up terrorists. Furthermore, it makes a very attractive target. What better opportunity for terrorists to show their power than to mount a successful attack against the infidels as they put AQ on trial for 9/11? The security cost alone will be massive and the risk unmitigated. For one, exactly how will they have air time at all? It isn't like the trials are being televised. In addition, judges usually aren't inclined to let anyone, especially the defendant have a soapbox. No, there will not be direct interviews with the defendants, but there will be coverage of the trial wall to wall. The "soapbox" need not have the actual defendant standing on it to have its intended effect. Again, the better alternative was a quiet military tribunal. As far as the possibility of defeating anyone at their own games again shows you watch too much TV. Real terrorism trials don't have that result. Especially when the defendant confesses. Real OJ trials don't either. Except they can. I watch too much TV? About all I watch is the First 48 and the news. Last week they reran an episode of First 48 from three years ago where it was maybe the most iron clad first degree murder case you could imagine. The guy served 18 months. You just don't know what juries are going to do. If you did, it wouldn't be a fair trial. It is our Constitution and it protects the rights of both citizens and foreign nationals while on our soil. I believe Scalia is correct on this issue.