Khalid Sheikh Mohammed: the wheels of justice grind slow
A military trial is planned – for 2028. Why so slow?:
A military judge ruled Wednesday that the man accused of being the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks will stand trial starting in June 2028.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be prosecuted alongside others suspected of conspiring in the attacks: Walid bin Attash, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi. …
The trial date was announced after a split federal appeals court last summer threw out a potential agreement that would have allowed Mohammed to plead guilty in exchange for sparing him the risk of execution. …
The road to prosecute Mohammed and other conspirators has dragged on for years, with the Obama-era military commissions system being tested for the first time — at times leading to lengthy challenges to its rules.
Defense lawyers have also argued that the holdup comes from what they say are the government’s efforts to hide details of torture used against detainees at secret CIA prisons before they were transferred to Guantánamo Bay.
We’ve heard plenty about that, actually.
Mohammed should have been tried in military court long ago. It’s not at all certain he will be tried in 2028, either. He is now 61 years old, so he could end up living out his years on Guantanamo.
Also:
Past trial dates have come and gone several times, and Schrama is the fifth judge to oversee the case.
Victims’ families have been outraged that they’ve yet to see justice done, with some relatives telling The Post Wednesday they hope the latest trial date will stand.
“We have been asking for a trial date for 20 years. Hopefully, this time it is for real,” said retired NYPD officer Jim Smith, whose wife Moira Smith died responding to the attacks.
“It’s all going to depend on the judge. We’ve been through so many, some good, but mostly officers who wanted nothing to do with this case,” Smith said. “Someone has to man up and take charge.”
Agreed.
But in Canada at the CBC, don’t call Khalid Sheikh Mohammed a terrorist. Word has come down:
“This week, I received a memo — presumably confidential — addressed to CBC News staff. It is authored by one Basem Boshra, who is the “Senior Director of Journalistic Standards and Public Trust at CBC News.” In Boshra’s memo, reporters are editors are told this:
“Do not refer to the Sept. 11 attacks as terrorist attacks.”
Boshra states that all in bold letters, italicized, as if to emphasize the point. To make clear it is a directive, not a suggestion.
I can’t find much more about Basem Boshra, but the name is considered of Arab or North African Muslim descent. Oh, Canada!
I would like to know if Boshra would feel the same if the target had been in Canada. His edict could be because he is pro-Muslim or because he’s anti-American (meaning the USA). Or possibly because he believes in strict neutrality of the press. Nah — I don’t believe that either.
Oh, Canada. How long before we have an Islamic state all across our northern border (except maybe Alberta)?
I’ll let you know, F. Yes he would feel the same if Canada had been the target instead. And likely even if he weren’t Muslim which I believe he is.
Oh, Cana d o’h.
Trading Alberta for north Somalia (Minnesota) looks better every day.
Basem Boshra: what do you propose we all the horrible events of 9/11 if we are not to call them ‘terrorist attacks”? Your critique is empty noise.
Canada is a nation of losers, of which Basem seems to be one, and has been this way ever since the first Trudeau took ofice some 50-60 years ago. See his appalling son, Trudeau II, of recent notoriety.
I read today that 24 Canadians died in the 9/11 attack. So not only is it wrong in principle, it’s actually inaccurate in terms of Canada’s interests. I notice there’s nobody in an official position that is saying otherwise, in Canada. And I notice there is no style guidance on what precisely the 9/11 attack should be called, instead. So this is classic Orwellian propagandizing.
Canada gave away their sovereignty long ago. The Canadian Republic of China and Islam is a more fitting moniker.
He hates me
He hates you
If you’re American, if you’re a Jew
With a shotgun blast and Khalid hits the floor
On more terrorist is no more.