Point Blank: Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in New York?

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Point Blank: Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed be tried in New York?

by maplek Posted November 20, 2009 12:42:58

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+12 carlene November 20, 2009 12:47:07

Answered: No
No. Holder and Obama are putting the saftey of our country at risk for political reasons. This is pure politics they want to put the last administration and the CIA on trial. They are using KSM to do this. KSM and his liberal left lawyers will subpeona secret documents and records that will get into the hands of our enemies and will be used to launch additional attacks against us. We want to be safe Obama, not have information freely given to enemies for your own political shennigans.
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Judester December 08, 2009 00:28:37

Answered: No
No, he should be tossed into a pen with two 600 bore hogs and when they eat this bastard video should be taken of the bores excreting him and the audio should say, "Ready to meet your 72 virgins sir".
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pbaddict18 November 26, 2009 02:44:49

Answered: No
I would say yes just for the sheer fact that he would probably be killed brutally by the inmates of an american prison.

But i would also say no because our tax dollars don't need to be wasted on this piece of shit for comfort and whatnot, and he shouldn't have access to a lawyer. Let him rot in GITMO or where ever he is now.
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Lucy formerly of Finchley November 25, 2009 05:50:49 (edited)

Answered: No
I think it's disgraceful that they are trying the 9/11 terrorists in a civilian trial. Oh, and did you know that they are no longer "terrorists," but they are "defendants"? Not only that, but although they have already confessed and requested to be executed, they are now planning to plead "not guilty," and their American lawyer admitted yesterday, live on CNN, that he would be pleased if they were freed. Since these "defendants" have decided to plead "not guilty," this puts the American government in an awkward position: Do they let these men walk free, or do they provide the top-secret evidence against them--evidence and information that would aid and abet our enemies? The whole idea of trying admitted terrorists in a civilian trial instead of a military tribunal is absurd, and although Obama could put a stop to this with one word, he is letting this circus go forward, despite the risk to national security. I am ashamed of my president, and I only hope the media will treat this event as the solemn occasion it is, and not use it as an excuse to drum up ratings, thumbing their noses at the families of the 9/11 victims' families in the process.
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Grey November 24, 2009 08:35:21

Answered: No
Especially as he specificaly asked to be tried there. I don't know what Holder is thinking but he seems to have about as much brains and common sense (there it is again) as the rest of the team.
strawberry November 24, 2009 03:32:09

Answered: No
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed should be tried in Washington D.C.
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J November 23, 2009 19:33:27

Answered: No
KS Mohammed declared war on the US on Sept 11. He is not an American citizen. He doesn't like our country, he doesn't deserve our justice - and certainly not our tax money being spent on his defense. Let's try him the way the Muslim world would try a US citizen who plotted to kill tens of thousands of their "citizens."
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Gr8hope November 23, 2009 16:20:17

Answered: No
There should not even be a discussion on this matter, it is so ridiculous.
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oldguy November 22, 2009 04:41:06

Answered: No
No!Try him in a Military Tribunal,and have him shot by a Military firing squad,or hanged at the Twin Towers location!
oldguy
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Fed Up in NC November 21, 2009 15:56:30 (edited)

Answered: No
So why has Obama's stand on MTC made a complete 180 since his statements as a Senator?

Buy putting these terrorist on trial in a civilian court Obama hopes to bash the Bush Administration and it's policies regarding captured terrorists. It will also open the door to CIA and other intelligence agency information that was obtained from these terrorists. Some of this information is important to our national security. Sounds like treason to me.

Good luck finding a jury of peers or anyone in the County that have not heard of 9/11 or Guantanamo. It will be a long time before that happens (if it ever will). He is also giving these Terrorists a platform to spew their hate. It will also make them heros to those in the Islamic/Terrorist world. This will drag on forever and remain a focus of the world media. So while the world is distracted by this what else will be going on?
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/pr...
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Blessed to be Broken November 21, 2009 14:52:14

Answered: No
This is a terrible idea on very many levels!
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Asher November 21, 2009 14:37:07

Answered: Yes
nope...the obummer admin is putting NYC at risk for another attack.
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imotley November 21, 2009 13:56:51

Answered: No
He is a war criminal and should be tried before a Military Tribunal.
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driley November 21, 2009 11:05:27

Answered: No
This will turn into a circus.
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LVslotdoc November 21, 2009 10:35:55

Answered: No
This trial would be a magnet for disaster. New York has suffered enough. Move the trial to Hollywood.
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adi November 21, 2009 09:40:17

Answered: Yes
He has already pleaded guilty in military court and asked to be executed. Just execute him.
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Fed Up ... to adi November 21, 2009 15:59:22

Amen to that.
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GINGERBREAD November 21, 2009 09:22:22

Answered: No
I think we have wasted too much of our time with this murderer. We should have made him talk when we captured him, then killed him and thrown his body to the pigs. Had we done this, we wouldn't have to have this conversation.
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Dan Lano November 21, 2009 07:14:11

Answered: No
He has already pleaded guilty in military court and asked to be executed. Just execute him.
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wtw November 21, 2009 04:38:19

Answered: No
It is being done for political reasons. Obama and Holder are both looking very poorly on this. The basis of american justice is you are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Obama and Holder have broken faith already with their statements that they believe he will be prosecuted and Obama saying he will be put to death. Immediately before a trial is held they have broken faith or prounounced bad faith on the basic premise of american justice. What a shame!
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Fed Up ... to wtw November 21, 2009 16:00:08

This is going to blow up in their faces.
Barbara Hasler November 21, 2009 04:00:55

Answered: Yes
I say yes only because Judge Napolatino said that constitutionally he has to be. I believe in the military tribunals but the Judge gave a very convincing argument. My question is, if he is found innocent, will ICE be standing by to deport him? I don't want this creep running loose in America. Another question - What is wrong with Gitmo? It looks pretty accommodating to me.
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Formulabruce November 21, 2009 03:43:05

Answered: No
He is NOT a crook off the street he represents a sect of a religion we are at WAR WITH...
Just because hes a terrorist and has declared war on us doent mena he gets tried here AFTER CONFESSING
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robbie November 20, 2009 22:30:46

Answered: No
He should have been put to dealth when they caught him
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john brenni November 20, 2009 21:16:21

Answered: No
As a new york native now in california, i say no. but if he is avilable for a snipers shot i hope the police look the other way. I was there on 9/11 [in queens not the city] and almost lost my cousin. that piece of muslim shit should be boiled in oil. or incenerated at 2000 degrees as were people in the towers that day. fuck any A.C.L.U. lawyer who represents him.
Formula... to john br... November 21, 2009 03:45:17

pig fat??
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john br... to Formula... November 21, 2009 11:24:48

Good idea. perhaps he could be made to eat pork rinds, and sleep in a pig sty before he is electrocuted, very slowly.
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beagamer November 20, 2009 20:35:51

Answered: Yes
And he should be tried on ground zero grounds in front of all of the families and NOT on TV. He should also have each finger cut off one day at a time and then on to his toes. Then his limbs and then to his skin.
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Kienlee to beagamer November 21, 2009 01:36:52

That was a little harsh, don't ya think?
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beagamer to Kienlee November 21, 2009 18:40:52

I honestly think he should be buried alive under a fallen structure. There isn't a punishment harsh enough for these people.
Kienlee to beagamer November 21, 2009 22:28:01

Well if that isn't just swell?
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beagamer to Kienlee November 22, 2009 00:23:00

What would you like to see happen? Or better yet, what would the victims families like to see happen?
Kienlee to beagamer December 02, 2009 19:02:40

Oh, well...still.
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beagamer to Kienlee December 05, 2009 21:38:50

You don't make sense.
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Formula... to beagamer November 21, 2009 03:46:21

suffering seems apropriate
beagamer to Formula... November 21, 2009 18:41:08

I think so.
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Fed Up ... to beagamer November 21, 2009 16:22:26

What would a jury of his peers in the Islamic World do?
The Islamic punishment for intentional murder is the execution of the murderer. The most common method of execution, hangings. This is carried out by using an automotive telescoping crane to slowly hoist the condemned aloft in which the condemned is.. painfully and slowly strangled to death by the noose. This method can take 3–9 minutes to cause the condemned to lose consciousness. Death can take anywhere up to 45 minutes to occur in this method.http://en.wikipedia.or...
There the death penalty is the death penalty no reduction of sentences, no repeals that go on for years and years.
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beagamer to Fed Up ... November 21, 2009 18:43:29

I almost like that meathod but only foe those that murder in quick fashion. This guy murdered people that suffered for days and some even weeks. I think he should be buried alive after his toes and feet are mutilated under a structure where he will suffer for weeks as did his victims.
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Lanikai November 20, 2009 19:13:59

Answered: No
No
kevracer November 20, 2009 19:00:49

Answered: Yes
Yes, a public trial will expose him for the monster he is.
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Formula... to kevracer November 21, 2009 03:46:54 (edited)

why, he would WANT more exposure and more martyr dom