The decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court in New York for the 9/11attacks affirms the rule of law in our country and is a necessary step in the efforts to close the Guantanamo prison.
The trial brings important legal challenges such as the fact that the suspect supposedly confessed while being tortured as well as the fact that confidential intelligence information is involved in the case. Attorney General Eric Holder seems confident that the outcome will be successful. Whatever that outcome, it will have political repercussions.
Respect for the law and punishment for its violators is at the core of the decision to prosecute in civilian court. Indefinite detention at Guantanamo for the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attacks and other detainees was not a solution nor was it acceptable to establish a special judicial process tilted against the accused.
It is fair and appropriate that the trial for a crime be held where it was committed and under the laws of the land. Therefore, the trial for those accused of the World Trade Center attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people, should be held in New York. Those suspected of being responsible for crimes of the enormous magnitude of the 9/11 attacks committed should face US law.
Under the previous administration, the Guantanamo Bay prison became an international symbol of hypocrisy and illegality. Closing the Guantanamo center is an act that upholds our core values. Terrorists win when democracies circumvent their laws and undermine their traditions out of fear
We believe that our democracy and our laws are sufficiently strong to bring to justice those accused of terrorist crimes.
The decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court in New York for the 9/11attacks affirms the rule of law in our country and is a necessary step in the efforts to close the Guantanamo prison.
The trial brings important legal challenges such as the fact that the suspect supposedly confessed while being tortured as well as the fact that confidential intelligence information is involved in the case. Attorney General Eric Holder seems confident that the outcome will be successful. Whatever that outcome, it will have political repercussions.
Respect for the law and punishment for its violators is at the core of the decision to prosecute in civilian court. Indefinite detention at Guantanamo for the alleged mastermind of the terrorist attacks and other detainees was not a solution nor was it acceptable to establish a special judicial process tilted against the accused.
It is fair and appropriate that the trial for a crime be held where it was committed and under the laws of the land. Therefore, the trial for those accused of the World Trade Center attacks, which killed almost 3,000 people, should be held in New York. Those suspected of being responsible for crimes of the enormous magnitude of the 9/11 attacks committed should face US law.
Under the previous administration, the Guantanamo Bay prison became an international symbol of hypocrisy and illegality. Closing the Guantanamo center is an act that upholds our core values. Terrorists win when democracies circumvent their laws and undermine their traditions out of fear
