"Given the circumstances we find ourselves in on this issue, it is time to move forward with prosecuting these suspects," Carney said. "It's the right thing to do for the victims' families and it's the right thing to do, period."
Democrat, Hypocrisy, Obama, Oops, War, Terrorism
Attorney General Eric Holder today will announce that self-proclaimed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad will be tried in a military commission, CBS News has learned. A source says the commission will be held at the Guantanamo Bay prison. 6SlcTbLSnMIH2
Democrat, Hypocrisy, Obama, Oops, War, Terrorism
It has taken two years for the Obama administration to snap out of its never-never land approach to national security. But by announcing a reversal on their plans for civilian trials of terrorists including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, they are implicitly confessing that their campaign attacks on the Bush administration were wrong and that decisions like opening Gitmo and military commission trials are the best balance of security needs and protections for liberty.
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August 2007: "As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists," says then-Sen. Obama.