9-11 terrorist trial is a good thing

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My newspaper, the Morning Sentinel in Waterville, Maine, regularly prints editorials from other publications. I was shocked reading The Augusta Chronicle's opinion of the 9-11 terrorist trial that will take place in an American courtroom ("Obvious terrorist plot," Nov. 25").

Your paragraph accusing our president and attorney general of sympathizing with these terrorists comes close to charging them with treason. How dare you! These criminals are our enemies, but not part of any legal, state-sanctioned military. Their trial in a civilian courtroom is an appropriate venue. Perhaps this is a chance to showcase the American justice system to the world.

Our courtrooms have always been used as a bully pulpit for both good and evil, and this should make us proud and secure in our freedoms, and in the knowledge that while this is not a perfect world, good usually wins.

Bonnie Stronach

Oakland, Maine

Comments

carcraft

Bonnie Stronach_ Do you have brain freeze from the global cold spell? This is going to be a mockery of American justice! These folks were ready to plead guilty. We have had the President and the Attorney General say they would be found guilty. So is this a trial or a Kangaroo court? The lawyers representing these folks are going to tie this up for years. You get a poor member of the judiciary as judge and it will be crazy. The first thing that will happpen will be change of venue. How can they get a fair trial in New York? It will go on for years. Obama will be out of office before the trials are over..

UncleStrom

Bonnie, we don't care how you do it up north. Enjoy your liberal bastion and your white Christmas. For a preview of what will probably happen one needs to look no farther than the current hearings involving the New Black Panthers. I'm sure you can find all the information you need via a web search if you care.

johnston.cliff

Yes, Bonnie. We know how hard lefties think. We're dealing with the same president you are. Both NPR and CNN thanks you for your letter.

robbie1

While I think is is quite a stretch to associate the civilian trials of these terrorists to the President joining in some worldwide Muslim terrorist conspiracy, I do not think the US courtrooms are not the correct venue for those that make war on us.

Tigger_The_Tiger

Bonnie....you know that NONE of the evidence we have gotten on the terrorists can be used against them since they didn't have their rights read to them, therefore they will likely be found not guilty........How is that good?

UncleStrom

There were captured in combat OCONUS and not part of any recognized national armed forces.....they have no rights whatsoever. They are lucky as hell they are in US custody and not a third-world prison/torture chamber.

nofanofobama

BONNIE SPOKESMAN FOR OUR DEAR PREZ AND HOLDER already stated that these 5 are already guilty and if found innocent in court would never see the light outside. is this the show case you all are bragging about... to show the world. dont be stupid its about trying the bush people and the cia you know those who kept us from being attacked again. my only wish is that we truly would follow the Geneva convention rules...especially the rule they must wear uniforms of an identifiable country or can be shot as spies.. we owe the world nothing especially your showcase trial. millions that want to immigrate here know the real USA and not the country you libs think we are or want us to be...

Irish

This person is the poster child for repeating what she is told. She sounds just like the sound bites from Robert Gibbs to the press. Is this what the left thinks is independent thought ?

CobaltGeorge

"treason" One word and it says it all.

Notreally

LOL it's NO MATTER WHAT with everyone who doesn't like Obama, I've come to grips with NO MATTER WHAT Obama does, or says the republicans/conservatives will say/do the opposite, that's a given.

convertedsoutherner

No matter what the arrogant, clueless, and incompetent prezbho, his crooked admin, his 30+ czars and the dim controlled congress do or say, the loony fawning followers will agree with everything and anything, that's a given.

Notreally

And no matter what the HATE FILLED daily posters will post the opposite and continue to show their HATE. Who had the most czars? The CRAZY loonies here and abroad who hate everything Obama does seem destitute.

Notreally

LOL converted you have hate, anger, bitter and how DARE OBAMA BE PRESIDENT post daily. You have ODS = Obama Derangement Syndrome and you have it BAD. LOL, you hate and bitterness is going to take you to an early grave.

nelsonhargrove

Bonnie, they should be charged with Treason along with half the sitting congress! Notreally, it wasn't Bush as I am sure you are alluding to!

CobaltGeorge

Anyone that does not embrace common Sense and acknowledges documented FACTS just are not too smart.

nelsonhargrove

These individuals need to be tried on US Territory, outside the Continental US and tried my military tribunial. They are not US citizens and should not be given the rights of citizens. They are enemy combatants at best and terrorist at worse and should be treated as such!

nofanofobama

notreally**do we give osama bin laden if we capture him a trial in new york. do we give him rights of a us citizen. im sorry that it makes you so mad that we disagree with obama on everything. but it is really easy to despise stupid. its hard for me to think of one policy that he is pushing that is actually good for the country in the long run. but my wife always insist i say one positive thing about obama. i appreciate him** the role model of the family and wife that he seems to truly love. otherwise hes a nutcase...

nofanofobama

notreally**do we give osama bin laden if we capture him a trial in new york. do we give him rights of a us citizen. im sorry that it makes you so mad that we disagree with obama on everything. but it is really easy to despise stupid. its hard for me to think of one policy that he is pushing that is actually good for the country in the long run. but my wife always insist i say one positive thing about obama. i appreciate him** the role model of the family and wife that he seems to truly love. otherwise hes a nutcase...

CobaltGeorge

nofanofobama, you stole my next post, OK better said.

55 F-100

"accusing our president and attorney general of sympathizing with these terrorists comes close to charging them with treason" , well Bonnie, your interpretation of the article on Nov. 25 was spot-on. That is exactly what we think of judgement of the teleprompter-reading empty suit in the oval office, and of his hand-picked empty suit pea-brain a.g. So, Bonnie, any more questions?

butler123

Good point nofan. That is exactly the excuse his lawyers will use too. The issue is the same. Hmm... maybe they have already made a deal with osama bin laden. He's been out there hiding for a long time. Would you rather be hiding in a cave or a nice clean cell w/3 squares? He will probably be "captured" very soon, then we will find out he has some kind of medical condition that we have to treat him for.

butler123

Incidentally the Obama administration will then take all the credit for Osama's capture, for doing something the Bush administration couldn't.

UncleStrom

butler, assuming he is still alive (which I don't concede to be true), he requires kidney dialysis.

nofanofobama

butler123..good point.. according to the current health bill working thru the senate we could not deny him medical services. since we would give him us citizens rights in court it only leads to reason we would give him full health care as a us citizen, even with his existing kidney condition. so your and mine health care premiums will goe up... another freeloader..brought to you by the obama administration...

CobaltGeorge

I have said this before, Our present Muslim president is nothing more than an Al-Qaeda plant. From the time he was born, he was Muslim educated, financially supported for his education in the states by the 3rd world, was connected to terrorist organizations that help him to gain positions in the political world and waited till the US was yelling for the big change before making it to the position he now holds. All facts and unknown facts point to his only agenda and that is to destroy the United States of America from within. Soon, I will be able to say, "I told you so".

butler123

I'd forgotten about his kidney disease. Geez I thought I was being sarcastic.

Niko Mahs

Bonnie lives in Maine, there's your answer! The rebels never got that far in the 1860's (and if they did they would have frozen like Napoleon's army did in Moscow), so the good folks of Maine never realized how wacky things are down in the South. Well these 9/11 guys should have been tried by now instead of going swimming on the board. Let's try them and put them in prison with some Tex Cobb lookalikes who can read the Koran to them while teaching them the fine arts of prison love & care. Let's do something in this country for God's sake instead of talking about it while we wait for the next American Idol to start so that we can really vote!

CobaltGeorge

Niko Mahs, outside in the snow and wearing your GA shorts I see.

carcraft

I have asked repeatly, when special ops people catch terrorist are they supposed to secure the area, do chain of cutody for evidence obtained (ie bomb material, papers etc), read the terrorist thier martanda rights while fighting off the forces that are regrouping to counter attack? You don't think our special ops forces have enought to do just catching the bad guys?

InChristLove

nelsonhargrove, never thought I would say this but I totally agree with your 8:10am post.

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