Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

9/11, Barack Obama, Debra Burlingame, Keep America Safe, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Military Commissions

Keep America Safe Statement In Response To President Obama’s New Role In The KSM Debate

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Keep America Safe Statement In Response To President Obama’s New Role In The KSM Debate

“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.”

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

9/11, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Americans turn against federal 9/11 trial: Washington Post poll

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Americans have turned against President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder’s plan to prosecute Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 conspirators in federal court:

This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone February 4-8, 2010, among a random national sample of 1,004 adults including users of both conventional and cellular phones. The results from the full survey have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus three percentage points. Sampling, data collection and tabulation by TNS of Horsham, Pa

Question # 34: Would you rather have suspects accused of involvement in the September 11 terrorist attacks put on trial in (the federal court system in the United States), or in (a military tribunal set up for that purpose)?

2/8/10 poll: Federal court system 39 %; Military tribunal 55 %

11/15/09 poll: Federal court system 47 %; Military tribunal 48 %