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Obama Misinterprets Constitutional Law and Terrorism Cases
The Washington Times reported about Obama's last week meeting with the family members of victims of terrorism. There he made clear factual errors about the constitution and the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA). It revealed that Obama's decision to close down Guantanamo was a political promise to his anti-war voters and not something that was decided on facts and clear understanding of the law.
One of the victim's sister, Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 that was flown into the Pentagon on 9/11, was present at last Friday's White House meeting. As a lawyer who has been studying cases of terrorism herself, she thought the president, when it came to specifics he was vague, uninformed or "flat out wrong."
Since most of the evidence against terrorists are classified information and secret informants (traitors to them), giving the terrorists constitutional rights such as the sixth amendment would allow them to learn the classified information that is being used as evidence against them and if released will deliver this information to the terrorist organization who will fix the weaknesses. Obama noted that he wouldn't have to give them information, indicating he wants to cherry pick what constitutional rights these prisoners will now receive.
The Washington Times reads:
According to Ms. Burlingame, Obama's answer to this conundrum was "there is no reason we have to give [the terrorists] everything." Evidently the former editor of the Harvard Law Review seems to think that one of his powers as president is personally to pick and choose which constitutional rights apply to terror defendants and which do not. That's the very thing they were criticizing President Bush for.
White House Counsel Greg Craig, often seen whispering in the president's ear during question periods, admitted later to Ms. Burlingame that the chief executive was getting the facts of the law wrong during the discussion with the families. Craig asked her if CIPA covers a case in which terrorists defend themselves, noting that "this is something we hadn't contemplated." If nothing else, this admission of ignorance is more evidence that the decision to rush ahead with closing Guantanamo and shutting down the military tribunals was ill-conceived, poorly planned, and may ultimately be injurious to our national security. The president may talk a good game about "swift, certain justice," but it is becoming clear that justice will not be swift, is highly uncertain, and in the end may not even be just.
His problems are always snowballing... But it's funny that no one reports about it in the news media.
One of the victim's sister, Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles Burlingame III, the pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 that was flown into the Pentagon on 9/11, was present at last Friday's White House meeting. As a lawyer who has been studying cases of terrorism herself, she thought the president, when it came to specifics he was vague, uninformed or "flat out wrong."
- Thanks for the info
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