White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs repeatedly declined to say whether or not Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the oft-waterboarded Gitmo detainee the administration lined up for civilian trial in New York City, would ever actually see trial in a civilian court.
“He will likely be executed for the heinous crimes he has committed,” Gibbs assured, but exactly how they get from his 2002 capture and subsequent torture to that execution remains unclear.
Though the administration announced in November that Mohammed would face a trial in a civilian federal court. Days later President Obama promised that Mohammed would be convicted and executed.
But Sen. Mitch McConnell (R – KY) vowed to block any civilian trial for Mohammed, saying that they should just go back to interrogating him while holding him indefinitely. Mohammed signed a confession in 2007, but the fact that this came after he was waterboarded a record 183 times leaves considerable doubt over whether it will be admissible in a trial, assuming he ever gets one.
A public trial for this man is out of the question. The government in Washington will never permit a public trial because it would allow the American people to see evidence and hear testimony that would show who actually planned and committed the 9-11 attack.
Never let it be said that our politicians are somehow above it all. Like McConnell they must be studying nightly the old Reich's interrogation manuals. I venture the tea leaves must have told him that no less than 182 trips to the water board were necessary for a confession. Good ole Mitch is such a pussy that I challenge him to actually endure even ONE episode on the board. In fact if it were in my power I'd waterboard every bastard in the government just to hear them scream for mercy and if they don't spill the beans and tell us where the skeletons are buried I'd keep it up until they do. Now thats what I would call good reality TV.