Eric “Lets Hold KSM Trial in NYC” Holder Says Lawmakers Are Endangering War on Terror
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, June 17, 2011, 2:20 PM
Here we go, again. This guy just doesn’t quit! Even after being forced to move the KSM trial from civilian courts in NYC to military courts at Gitmo.
Attorney General Eric Holder claims that lawmakers in Congress are endangering the war on terror by their efforts to force terrorism suspects into military commissions instead of trying them in civilian courts.
(Wash. Ind.)
Eric Holder believes that “Without civilian law enforcement and Article Three courts, our ability to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat terror plots; to secure actionable intelligence; to enlist international cooperation; and to punish those who have — and who intend to — harm Americans would be seriously damaged”.
“I am determined to defeat our enemies,” Holder said in his address to the American Constitution Society. “But victory and security will not come easily. And they won’t come at all if we adhere to a rigid ideology, adopt a narrow methodology, or abandon our most effective terror-fighting weapon — our Article Three [civilian] court system.”
“Without civilian law enforcement and Article Three courts, our ability to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat terror plots; to secure actionable intelligence; to enlist international cooperation; and to punish those who have — and who intend to — harm Americans would be seriously damaged,” Holder declared to considerable applause from the audience of about 700. “We must speak out. And we must set the record straight.”
Since 2009, Republican lawmakers — with the support or acquiescence of many Democrats–have repeatedly passed legislation limiting the Obama administration’s ability to try accused terrorists in civilian courts. Obama has signed several broad bills containing such measures, even as he expressed disagreement with the terror-trial limits. However, last month, the White House issued its first veto threat ever against legislation seeking to rein in the administration’s options for dealing with detainees.
“Politics has no place — no place — in the impartial and effective administration of justice. Decisions about how, where, and when to prosecute must be made by prosecutors, not politicians. This is true for every case, whether it involves or white collar criminals or brutal terrorists,” Holder said.
Notwithstanding Obama’s past decisions to sign bills that effectively blocked civilian trials for some terror suspects, Holder vowed that “so long as I am privileged to serve as Attorney General, I will defend the exclusive right of the Executive Branch to determine appropriate venues and mechanisms for all criminal trials.”
The terror-trials controversy is bubbling up again as the administration presses a case in federal civilian court against two Iraqi nationals in Kentucky accused of aiding attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq.
“The place for foreign terrorists and terror trials is in the secure detention facility at Guantanamo Bay — not in U.S. communities and civilian courtrooms,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement Thursday night. “There is wide, bipartisan opposition to giving the rights of U.S. citizens to men who tried to kill our troops on the battlefield.”
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FurryGuyJeans commented:
Holder wants to war the war by doing it French style, capitulation and surrender.
wanumba commented:
Arming our enemies isn’t helping.
Valerie commented:
“The terror-trials controversy is bubbling up again as the administration presses a case in federal civilian court against two Iraqi nationals in Kentucky accused of aiding attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq.”
I’d like to know under what law a US federal district court in the state of Kentucky has jurisdiction over incidents that occurred in Iraq.
FurryGuyJeans commented:
The more I see of this administration’s attempt to destroy America, the more I think one of the reasons Obama authorized the mission to get Bin Laden was to eliminate the competition. Barry wants history to record it was he that brought down the Evil! American Empire, not a rag-tag bunch of camel-jockeys.
Valerie commented:
My sister raised this question when we were talking about Holder, and I don’t know the answer. She said that whenever you see a person in a position that isn’t performing that job, that person must be doing something else. So, what does Eric Holder do that is of value to BO?
He does serve at the pleasure of the President.
FurryGuyJeans commented:
Yet everything Holder does, and how he lets the DOJ do things, is supremely political. And intensely partisan political to boot.
SSBN 627(B) commented:
It’s simple, really. We shall be subject to the whims of the World Court, ultimately governed by our peace-loving UN comrades.
Just another step on the path to true enlightenment.
SSBN 627(B) commented:
As befits the status of our Dear Leader, Citizen of the World.
Woody Wilson got nothing on this cat…
Rock commented:
Holder is a bed wetting raciest political hack who does WTFs bidding. I might remind the sleazeball that when police are allowed to do good police work, some slime in the judicial system will end up letting the perpetrator go free, and we all understand that the American Civil Liberties Union will double their efforts to insure terrorist get off. But has recent history shows when our military takes care of business, the job is done right and we do not need Holder and his merry band liberal pukes.
Rock commented:
Oops
But has recent history/ should have been But as recent history.
nelle commented:
“Without civilian law enforcement and Article Three courts, our ability to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat terror plots; to secure actionable intelligence; to enlist international cooperation; and to punish those who have — and who intend to — harm Americans would be seriously damaged,” Holder declared
Ginger commented:
When did the kenyan fraud become shorter then the black racist Holder?
#1AMERICAN commented:
STFU you ignorant constitution hating mooslime appeaser
an observer commented:
“I am determined to defeat our enemies,” Holder said, referring to Whites…..
“I am determined to defeat our enemies,” Holder said, referring to Republicans….
“I am determined to defeat our enemies,” Holder said, referring to conservatives….
Take your pick.
Then, “Holder vowed that “so long as I am privileged to serve as Attorney General, I will defend the exclusive right of the Executive Branch to determine appropriate venues and mechanisms for all criminal trials,”especially when defendants are MY PEOPLE!
Freddy commented:
This from the guy that has yet to determine WHO in HIS department engineered the shipment of 2500 guns to criminal gangs in Mexico?
I think Holder personally approved that INSANE operation!
tommy mc donnell commented:
in two and a half years have they tried anybody? it seems like all they do is talk about it.
kansas commented:
How come thie MSM doesn’t bitch and whine about this guy like they did Ashcroft?
Fuzzlenutter commented:
“so long as I am privileged to serve as Attorney General…”
Hopefully that disaster will be coming to an end and shortly. Holder belongs in prison getting “islamisized”. What am I talking about? He all ready is!
What a disgusting, vile, and traitorous piece of s*it this maggot truly is…
moron commented:
Say Eric, I don’t keep up. Did you read Miranda Rights and appoint an attorney to OBL? Do you read Miranda Rights and appoint attorneys to those on the receiving end of drone attacks? NO? So what are you even talking about here???
fightinggranny commented:
I really missed something in my civics class (yes we had civics when I went to school) when terrorists are deemed the same judicial system as Americans. Holder loves to defend these terrorists. He should RESIGN; way overdue.
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