Obama's Disastrous Terror Trial Policy

UPDATE: Response to Obama from Keep America Safe. Statement below***Leftist apologist Larry O'Donnell has a Morning Joe meltdown debating terror expert Marc Thiessen. Video. More Miranda Idiocy. The mild-mannered Stuart Taylor outraged in the National Journal. Former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who also presided over the initial Jose Padilla proceedings illuminates in legalese the buffoonery of the Obama administration's handling of the Christmas bomber.

Michael Gerson, on his way to Haiti, detoured to Gitmo due to a canceled helicopter flight. So his column is about one of the other key issues of the day. Guantanamo prison: Ugly but necessary

Now the president is going to take a role. No Thomson prison, Mr. President. No terror trials there either.

More. Thomas Joscelyn, TWS: Obama Officials Wrong on Padilla. (You know, the guy who was arrested at O'Hare.) Al Qaeda terrorist Jose Padilla started talking only after he was designated an enemy combatant.

From Keep America Safe: Dear Members,

We wanted to be sure you knew our response to this morning's Washington Post report that President Obama has decided to "insert himself into the debate" about where to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

We welcome President Obama's decision to engage on a matter of vital national security. The process by which 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried, and the location of the trial, require the urgent attention of our Commander in Chief.

We also welcome the administration's newfound openness to prosecuting KSM in a military commission. Military commissions, which have been used since the beginning of American history, have been authorized by Congress and are the appropriate way to deal with war criminals during wartime. Moreover, they support bedrock principles of international humanitarian law that afford privileges to those who adhere to the laws of war. Rewarding those who savagely target civilians with all the rights and privileges of American citizens in our civilian courts incentivizes them to continue attacking civilians.

An overwhelming, bipartisan majority of Americans believe that captured terrorists should be treated as enemy combatants and face military justice. They are right and it's time for President Obama to start listening to the American people.

Thank you,

Liz Cheney, Bill Kristol, and Debra Burlingame
Board of Directors
Keep America Safe