RSSKey Democrat breaks with Obama on terror trials
From: The Washington Times | November 21, 2009
House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton on Friday said the Obama administration may be making a big mistake by trying the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 attack in U.S. criminal courts, becoming the highest-ranking Democrat to challenge the decision announced last week by Attorney General Eric H. Holder. Mr. Skelton, Missouri Democrat, said the decision "raises many serious questions" and said Congress set up military commissions specifically to handle detainees from the war on terror. "As a former prosecutor, I am not yet convinced that the right decision was made in these cases, nor that the presumption in ...
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