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Home Front: Politix
Sen. Conrad Suggests That People Who Don't Believe in Civilian Trials for Terrorists Should Leave America and 'Go Somewhere Else'
2009-11-26
(CNSNews.com) -- Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) told CNSNews.com that civilian courts are well-suited to prosecute al Qaeda terrorists and that "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else."

Conrad also dismissed a question about the rights of terrorists captured on foreign battlefields and the rules of evidence in terms of a civilian court trial as not serious.

Attorney General Eric Holder announced on Nov. 13 that five suspects in the 9/11 attacks would be tried in a civilian court in New York City instead of facing a military trial.

On Capitol Hill on Nov. 19, CNSNews.com asked Conrad: "We're going to have a civilian trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. If our troops--the evidence against him is going to be found in Afghanistan, there on the battlefield--if our troops need to enter a house and they think that there's evidence there, should they have to establish probable cause and get a search warrant from a judge first?"

Conrad said: "You're not being serious about these questions, are you?"
Posted by:Fred

#6  What a doofus.
Posted by: newc   2009-11-26 14:12  

#5  Have some more Kool-Aid, Senator?
Posted by: Oregon Doodle   2009-11-26 13:44  

#4  "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else."

That's the problem: it's our - meaning, your - system, not the actual system we're all used to. How is this clown from a respectable state like North Dakota.

Oh, hold on: I'm from Nevada. I can answer this question myself.
Posted by: Secret Master    2009-11-26 13:12  

#3   "if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else."

One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.

It's 1859 and they don't know what time it is.

Our system is the Constitution that you have the problem with Senator. It provides for separate laws, civilian and military. For over two hundred years the military system as seen a both functional and adequate to deal with enemy combatants. Enough so, that when SCOTUS wanted a change to the process a couple years back, Congress provided the changes with incredible swiftness that retained the process in the military side of the house. So maybe everyone in Congress needs to go somewhere else.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-11-26 09:39  

#2  North Dakota - The last time they voted for a Dem for President was in 1964, and the time before that, in 1936. Conrad's been skating by in ND, but can't hide from a remark like this... ND Presidential vote in 100 years : GOP 21 Dem 4. His senate seat might FINALLY be in jeopardy if the GOP can find someone decent.
Posted by: BigEd   2009-11-26 07:55  

#1  if people don't believe in our system, maybe they ought to go somewhere else

I guess OJ Simpson will be staying put.
Posted by: gorb   2009-11-26 00:18  

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