ACLU assembles “team of top” attorneys to defend 911 terrorists
The Wall Sreet Journal reports (subscription):
The American Civil Liberties Union is spearheading a high-profile effort to defend Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged 9/11 conspirators from conviction and execution by the Bush administration’s military commissions at Guantanamo Bay.
Backed by a slate of prominent legal figures, including former Attorney General Janet Reno and former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director William Webster, the ACLU has assembled a team of top civilian attorneys to supplement the military defense counsel assigned to represent Guantanamo’s “high-value detainees.”
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While you guys are deciding to defend these terroist, why don’t you think about all the American’s that died in the towers and the planes, and if you conscience can handle it, then go ahead and defend them. I’ll be in prayer for those trying to put them where they belong, 6 foot under….