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If the trial of '20th hijacker' Zacarias Moussaoui taught us anything, KSM should not be tried in civilian court.

Victoria Toensing "Moussaoui also used [the Brady rule] to request reams of classified documents via the Classified Information Procedure Act (CIPA). The process usually entails the government rewriting classified documents as classified summaries and giving them to a security “cleared” defense counsel. Moussaoui, the terrorist, insisted on his constitutional right to defend himself so he could personally review the classified summaries. When allowed to write his own motions, Moussaoui filed threats against public officials. When he was in court, Moussaoui ranted that he prayed for the “destruction of the Jewish people.” "

The Attorney and the General / General Hayden has it right on Obama’s war-by-subpoena.

Andrew McCarthy "People can blame the attorney general, and there certainly is plenty for which he should answer. But Holder is a sideshow. These decisions are presidential decisions. The fact that Obama evidently delegates them to Holder does not change that. The policy of surrendering enemy combatants to the civilian-justice system and giving them all the rights of the American citizens whom they are trying to kill is an Obama policy being implemented by Holder; it’s not a Holder policy."

Palin calls for Emanuel's head over 'retarded' remark

Kansas City Star "Unlikely as the firing is, Rahm's use of "[f-----g] retarded" has given his critics (and Obama's) a legitimate reason to criticize them: Rahm for his actions, Obama for not personally criticizing his chief of staff."

Credit Where Credit is Due

Blackfive "I know that we frequently have some philosophical disputes with the Obama administration here. Still, once in a while, it's a good idea to step back and point out the things they have gotten right." When Blackfive speaks, I listen.

Rove: Only Carter Has Approached Obama’s ‘Weak and Whining’ Attitude (Video)

Breitbart TV "It is beneath the office that he now holds. I mean, think back - we don't like weak, whiny people in that job because we know - every American instinctively knows, regardless of party - that it is important we have a strong leader there."

Once Again, James O’Keefe Strips Away the MSM’s Mask of Neutrality, Revealing the Bias Below

Hannah Giles Hannah Giles played the prostitute in the ACORN sting videos. O'Keefe portrayed the pimp. "The bottom line is, conservative elites are afraid of the MSM. They are constantly two-steppin’ to stay in their good graces while secretly cursing them beneath their breath. It is no wonder they’ve had their rear ends handed to them so badly in past elections. I’m telling you, if conservatives don’t put on their game faces and strap on their big-boy boots, our nation’s demise is imminent."  Then this: James O’Keefe Tells His Side of the Story to Hannity (Video)  " “James O’Keefe sat in jail for 28 hours without access to an attorney, while the U.S. attorney leaked the information about his arrest, helping the media frame it as ‘Watergate Junior,’” Breitbart said." And how long did it take the Jock & Awe bomber to get a lawyer?

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? A Reasonable Compromise

Max Boot "Special Forces is one of the areas in which women are still not allowed to serve even though most jobs in the military have been opened to them. Why not simply extend to gays the same policy applied to women? That is, let gays serve openly in most billets but not in a few combat designations. It seems like a reasonable compromise." Wait till the ACLU get their teeth into THAT issue.

In a Weak Economy: Tax Hikes as Far as the Eye Can See

Jennifer Rubin "The Obama tax-hike plans would be startling in good economic times. That they have been proposed while the economy is still limping and unemployment remains at historic highs is jaw dropping. This report explains:"

Slate's Saletan Fights Tebow Pro-Life Ad with 'Grisly Truth' about Pregnancy

Newsbusters "Slate's William Saletan must hate happy endings. At least that's what you'd think after reading "The Invisible Dead." No, that's not the title of some new horror best-seller - it's the headline of his article about football star Tim Tebow's pro-life ad."

Socialized Medicine: A Look At The Daily Mail (UK) Today Shows You Exactly Why We Don't Want It

Weasel Zippers "These three Headlines were on Daily Mail's front page (at the top, one after another):" Language advisory in the Zip. Then this: Canadian province premier bails on single-payer system for surgery "...Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is set to undergo heart surgery this week in the United States. CBC News confirmed Monday that Williams, 60, left the province earlier in the day and will have surgery later in the week."

We have not “convicted 195 terrorists in federal court since 2001.”

Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO "If, because of civilian due-process rules, we had to reveal national-defense information that we could have kept secret in a military commission — or if we had to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to address security concerns that could have been obviated by having a military trial in the safety of Gitmo — then the country would have been better off getting the same result in a military commission. "