9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America

It doesn’t matter what Bush did. It doesn’t matter what the FBI’s procedures are. It doesn’t matter that his attorney general wants to use the hamstringing protocols of the civilian system or that other relevant agencies appear not to object. And it doesn’t matter that some judges, academics, and leftists have an aversion to military processes. How to treat that terrorist is the president’s call. Commanders-in-chief don’t get to lay low in the tall grass while their attorneys general dilate on points of procedure.

December 21, 2009

"We have men and women that ... are taking fire with the very people these law firms are defending. - Debra Burlingame

Commissioner Kelly did not openly urge President Obama to reconsider his Justice Department’s decision, saying such policy issues were Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s domain. But he saw no reason, he said, why such high-profile trials should not be held at a military base or another venue that would be less “disruptive” and pose less of a security challenge to New York.

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