Mitch McConnell Responds To Louisville Courier Journal Editorial For GITMO Trial For Bowling Green Terrorists.
Sen. Mitch McConnell responds to editorial on trial
The Courier-Journal's editorial “McConnell's Ploy” was an example of that unfortunate email-age dilemma of hitting “send” before you've got a finished product. Surely no self-respecting editorial page prints a thorough questioning of my motives without first checking with their ideological soul-mates to see if they shared my opinion on trying foreign terrorists in Kentucky. They'd have a hard time finding anyone who disagrees.
The apprehension of two terror suspects proved that Kentucky's state, local and federal law enforcement officials are at the top of their profession. The question is not whether they can do their job; it's whether the civilian court system is the best means of addressing legal issues related to the War on Terror. It would be safer for the community, and easier on our budgets, if done in a military commission in Guantánamo Bay.
The administration points to previous prosecutions of terrorists in American courts as proof they can work. The trial of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui turned an Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood into, as the Washington Post wrote, “a virtual encampment, with heavily armed agents, rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs, blocked streets, [and] identification checks.”
Years later Alexandria's mayor said, “We've had this experience, and it was unpleasant. Let someone else have it.” It's safe to say residents of Bowling Green aren't volunteering to be the “someone else” the mayor was referring to.
Last year when the administration suggested New York City host the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, New Yorkers were defiant. After an outpouring of dissent from leaders in both parties, the Administration relented.
If a trial is a bad idea in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and New York City, with all the resources available in those cities, how in the world is it a good idea to hold this trial in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
MITCH McCONNELL
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20005
The writer, a Louisville Republican, is minority leader of the U.S. Senate. — Editor.
The Courier-Journal's editorial “McConnell's Ploy” was an example of that unfortunate email-age dilemma of hitting “send” before you've got a finished product. Surely no self-respecting editorial page prints a thorough questioning of my motives without first checking with their ideological soul-mates to see if they shared my opinion on trying foreign terrorists in Kentucky. They'd have a hard time finding anyone who disagrees.
The apprehension of two terror suspects proved that Kentucky's state, local and federal law enforcement officials are at the top of their profession. The question is not whether they can do their job; it's whether the civilian court system is the best means of addressing legal issues related to the War on Terror. It would be safer for the community, and easier on our budgets, if done in a military commission in Guantánamo Bay.
The administration points to previous prosecutions of terrorists in American courts as proof they can work. The trial of 9/11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui turned an Alexandria, Virginia, neighborhood into, as the Washington Post wrote, “a virtual encampment, with heavily armed agents, rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs, blocked streets, [and] identification checks.”
Years later Alexandria's mayor said, “We've had this experience, and it was unpleasant. Let someone else have it.” It's safe to say residents of Bowling Green aren't volunteering to be the “someone else” the mayor was referring to.
Last year when the administration suggested New York City host the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, New Yorkers were defiant. After an outpouring of dissent from leaders in both parties, the Administration relented.
If a trial is a bad idea in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and New York City, with all the resources available in those cities, how in the world is it a good idea to hold this trial in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
MITCH McCONNELL
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20005
The writer, a Louisville Republican, is minority leader of the U.S. Senate. — Editor.
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