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Sen. Conrad Suggests That People Who Don't Believe in Civilian Trials for Terrorists Should Leave America and 'Go Somewhere Else'
 (CNSNews.com) -- Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists and that "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else." Conrad also dismissed a question about the rights of terrorists captured on foreign battlefields and the rules of evidence in terms of a civilian court trial as not serious. Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Nov. 13 that five suspects in the 9/11 attacks would be tried in a civilian court in New York City instead of facing a military trial. On Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, CNSNews.com asked Conrad: "We're going to have a civilian trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. If our troops--the evidence against him is going to be found in Afghanistan, there on the battlefield--if our troops need to enter a house and they think that there's evidence there, should they have to establish probable cause and get a search warrant from a judge first?" Conrad said: "You're not being serious about these questions, are you?" Posted by: Fred 2009-11-26 |
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