Trying terrorists in civilian courts

Judge Excludes Damning Testimony Against Al Qaeda Terrorist, Ahmed Ghailani  "The government’s case against Ahmed Ghailani, the terrorist who participated in al Qaeda’s bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, took a major hit on Wednesday. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ruled that the government was prohibited from introducing a key witness. Why? Because the government learned about this witness’s identity during the CIA’s so-called enhanced interrogations of Ghailani. Therefore, this evidence is supposedly tainted – or “fruit of the poisoned tree.” "

The Obama administration is taking an Alinskyite approach to the prosecution of Ahmed Ghailani.
By Andy McCarthy. "Military commissions are not kangaroo courts. The administration has affirmed this, however reluctantly, by endorsing them. If they are too politically freighted for Obama to direct them for the likes of Ghailani, there is no reason we can’t design a new system for national-security cases — one that ensures fairness and trustworthy results without arming the enemies of humanity with a lawfare arsenal. All it takes is the courage to admit error and the will to correct it. That may be too much for those in the Alinsky thrall, but it would be a worthy task for a new Congress."

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