Thursday, May 04, 2006
The New York Times Shows Our Unwillingness to Learn
In a house editorial titled "Due Process", the NYT says this: The most important thing about the Moussaoui trial, however, was that it happened.
They couldn't be more wrong. The most important thing to learn from the trial is that those who are waging war against us do not belong in federal court. I'm OK with the results here, but the problem is that we've shown ourselves weak to the enemy in allowing Moussaoui the rights only our citizens should enjoy. Had he been a better client, Moussaoui might have had the charges dismissed, had he been aggressive with discovery, and not pled to the charges for no apparent good reason.
For those foreign Muslims waging war against us, the only process due is a prisoner of war camp for the duration of the conflict they started, or a military tribunal for being a spy, saboteur, or war criminal. Nothing more.
They couldn't be more wrong. The most important thing to learn from the trial is that those who are waging war against us do not belong in federal court. I'm OK with the results here, but the problem is that we've shown ourselves weak to the enemy in allowing Moussaoui the rights only our citizens should enjoy. Had he been a better client, Moussaoui might have had the charges dismissed, had he been aggressive with discovery, and not pled to the charges for no apparent good reason.
For those foreign Muslims waging war against us, the only process due is a prisoner of war camp for the duration of the conflict they started, or a military tribunal for being a spy, saboteur, or war criminal. Nothing more.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:14 AM 
