Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents have enough evidence against five men accused in the Benghazi attack to seize them by military force as suspected terrorists, the Associated Press reports. But the AP reported that the agents don’t have enough evidence to charge the men in a civilian court, which is the Obama administration’s preference. In…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The chances of the suspected 9/11 conspirators facing a trial in a civilian court seems to be getting slimmer. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday he probably has the votes in the Senate to block a civilian trial for alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others, the Associated Press…
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed By Clarence Page Chicago Tribune Columnist WASHINGTON — Resistance to political influence is a virtue in a good attorney general. Tone deafness to politics is not, especially when the public fails to understand the virtue in what you’re doing. That appears to be why, as much as he prefers a civilian trial…
Ali Soufan was an FBI special agent from 1997 to 2005. By ALI H. SOUFAN New York Times Op-Ed SINCE Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York announced that he no longer favored trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind, in a Manhattan federal court because of logistical concerns, the Obama administration has come under…
