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Instant Justice (the ‘swift and certain justice’ terrorists earn)

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Ralph Peters writes today in the New York Post from the perspective of one who once wore a uniform and neither targeted nor endangered civilians by hiding among them:

Terrorists don’t have legal rights or human rights. By committing or abetting acts of terror against the innocent, they place themselves outside of humanity’s borders. They must be hunted as man-killing animals.

And, as a side benefit, dead terrorists don’t pose legal quandaries.

Captured terrorists, on the other hand, are always a liability. Last week, President Obama revealed his utter failure to comprehend these butchers when he characterized Guantanamo as a terrorist recruiting tool.

Closing Gitmo would be handing a propaganda victory to al Qaeda. Affording terrorists due process will not protect our troops if captured by them and only undermines the sole intent — protecting civilians — for why the Geneva Conventions stated who are protected persons, what rules uniformed warriors should follow, and deliberately left unlawful combatants unprotected. Those truths do not change just because your last name is Obama, Gates, or Mukasey.

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USS Cole commander applauds Director Mueller’s testimony, Senate vote to deny funds to close Gitmo

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Talk-radio host Steve Malzberg interviewed Commander Kirk Lippold who commanded the U.S.S. Cole when it was attacked in 2000 and is currently a Senior Military Fellow with Military Families United. They discussed today’s 90 to 6 Senate vote to deny President Barack Obama the funding needed to close the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay.

In addition, they talked about FBI Director Robert Mueller testifying before the House Judiciary Committee today, his risk assessment of bringing al Qaeda’s terrorists into America should Gitmo be closed:

“The concerns we have about individuals who may support terrorism being in the United States run from concerns about providing financing, radicalizing others,” Mueller said, as well as “the potential for individuals undertaking attacks in the United States.”

“All of those are relevant concerns,” Mueller said.

The FBI chief said he would not discuss specific individuals. He said there were also potential risks to putting detainees in maximum security prisons.

Here is Commander Lippold’s written statement about Director Mueller’s testimony.