Will Obama's KSM policy destroy U.S. credibility and boost terrorist recruitment?

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Washington Examiner:


President Obama is reportedly near a decision on the future of September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. The options are: 1) Trying KSM in civilian court in the United States; 2) Trying him before a military tribunal in Guantanamo; and 3) Holding him in indefinite detention at Guantanamo.

Option 1 is not possible because of widespread, bipartisan opposition to bringing KSM to the United States. Option 2 is not possible because it would "alienate [Obama's] liberal supporters," according to the Washington Post, and perhaps just as important, force Obama to admit his previous policy was wrong. So it looks like Option 3 will be the administration's choice, because it does not require Obama to do anything.

The only consequences of keeping KSM in indefinite detention would be -- if one takes Obama's 2008 campaign statements literally -- to undermine the Constitution, destroy U.S. credibility around the world, and deliver a boost to terrorist recruitment.

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Geee

 

Washington Post: Opposition to U.S. trial likely to keep mastermind of 9/11 attacks in detention

Peter Finn and Anne E. Kornblut

11/13/10

 

Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, will probably remain in military detention without trial for the foreseeable future, according to Obama administration officials.

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