THE QUESTION for President Obama on civilian trials...

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has been announced as President Obama's czar of American/Islamic relations.

STUPID.

Who thought up this "topic"..?Gawd dam man, go back to school..

he can live in a little shack on white house. They can be friends! Khalid can babysit O's kids, housesit, maybe even invite some friends from "out of town" and have a "party" at the white house with Obama. Sounds good right? Obama wants him free, he can have him. Oh boy, does he deserve him.

Fencewalker, that was really low. I can see how you don't agree (surprise, surprise) but frankly that was out of line. But then again, we can't exactly expect you to be classy.

"fell off a long time ago".... Anyway, that is a valid legal question. If a civilian court deems that any part of the Khalid Sheik Mohammed arrest was not proper and violated any laws, he would be freed. Frankly, because he was treated as an enemy combatant and was placed in prison for the last several years before a trial, it is entirely possible. Bringing him on US soil means that he now has the right to a speedy trial. What if his attorney argues that Club Gitmo was US soil? He could be released.

the Lincoln bedroom is quite nice. Perhaps he could stay there. Miss adventures has the right idea. We just need to show him some hospitality and he'll be sorry for what he did and won't hurt anyone ever again.

That is why the Campaigner-In-Chief purposely had the announcement made while he was out of the country. Pathetic...

There are plenty of other charges to keep in one's "back pocket" to follow up if these (in the unlikely case) don't end up with a conviction. From what I heard (so far) the civilian courts have a pretty good record of convicting terrorists (300ish?). It looks like the military has convicted about three. Are we now afraid of these people? A few posts ago somebody was implying the media were chicken for posting stuff that inflamed radical Islamic anger.

Giving these guys a trial under the auspices of the military implies some level of honor....and statehood. These people are common criminals (mass murderers...a la Manson) and should be treated as such. If convicted, they can be treated like the excrement that goes with it.