White House: Justice system worked in Shahzad case

[cal04]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/10/05/5234799-white-house-justice-system-worked-in-shahzad-case


Back in the spring, remember when the political world was debating whether the failed Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, should have been read his Miranda rights?

Well, now that Shahzad was sentenced to spend his life in prison, the Obama administration is taking a bit of a victory lap, pointing out how the U.S. justice system worked in this case (though with the help of a Shahzad's confession).

Said White House spokesman Nick Shapiro:

We are pleased that this terrorist has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, after providing substantial intelligence to our interrogators, and a speedy civilian trial. We tried the case in a civilian court, we were able to use everything that he said and everything that we uncovered for intelligence collection purposes. His trial served no propaganda purpose for al Qaeda, and only underscored the strength of our justice system. The case shows once again how our values and the rule of law can keep us safe against those determined to do us harm on behalf of terrorist organizations overseas.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. But why oh why wasn't he waterboarded??!!!

:sarcasm:

[mcollins]

2. It's hard to lose when they plead guilty. nt

[COLGATE4]

3. It's really hard for them not to plead guilty if you've done a good

(and proper) job and have a good case against them. That's what happened here. This wasn't a slam dunk (as any criminal prosecutor will tell you that there are no slam dunks). The government did it the right way, dotted all their "i"'s and crossed all their "t"'s, and dingbat realized that it was either take a plea or bite the big one. He pled.

[mcollins]

5. He made it very easy.

“We Muslims don’t abide by human-made laws because they are always corrupt,” he said, denouncing the presence of U.S. and NATO forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and mentioning al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

“Furthermore, brace yourselves because the war with Muslims has just begun,” he said. “Consider me the first droplet of the flood that will follow.”

“The defeat of (the) U.S. is imminent and will happen in near future,” he said. “We are only Muslims … but if you call us terrorists, we are proud terrorists and we will keep on terrorizing you.”

Faisal Shahzad, 31, had pleaded guilty in June to a failed May 1 bombing in Manhattan. He admitted he received bomb-making training from the Pakistani Taliban and that this group, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, had funded the bomb plot.

from
yahoo.com


We tried him in a civilian court because he was an American citizen.

[zbdent]

4. Is that what all those terrorist attacks in New York recently were about?

Oh, wait ... no terrorist attacks ...

[jeanpalmer]

6. They're ignoring the most important piece of information

he gave them: they're attacking the US because the US is over there attacking them. "...we were able to use everything that he said...." Wrong you purposely ignored what he told you, so you could continue to fight this war. Shame on you. And you wonder why you're losing voters. It will hit you between the eyes on Nov. 2nd.