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When your put under water torture and your child is being threatened with crushing of his testicles with pliars, I'd say the "confession" doesn't hold up. But then again I'm no "expert."

no need to be an expert - a simple person like me can also decide this easy one - when an animal like this attacks our nation he should be tortured to death 3000 times (for each of his victims) have we totaly lost our sanity that there is even a question about this

He should have a fair trial and get what he wishes. However if turnabout is fair play, those in Washington that put sanctions on Iraq for 10 years killing 1 million children in the process should get similar consequences.

What moron came up with this question? Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Get a Fair Trial? What's the purpose of giving him a trial at all if it's not going to be fair? I swear to God, I've never been as disappointed in the quality (or lack of) of journalism in America as I am lately. Is it my imagination or is ABC trying to be the new FOX? Bring back Koppel, for Christ sake.....

@Wade: Good comment. The Golden Rule. And while we are on the subject, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have died in this war. If Khalid is sentenced to death for killing 3000, should Bush, Cheney and company get 100 death sentences for killing the Iraqis. Both Khalid and Bush didn't pull the triggers, but they both facilitated murder.

Huh - Actually Khalid was involved in Pearl's death I believe. You are correct in the notion that America can hurt civilians in other lands without punishment, but in the case of 911, we expect these culprits to be hunted down. Just one of the reasons that 911 happened, but it hasn't dawned on some in Washington.

Give him a fair trial. I am curious to hear what motivates him. I would like to hear what part of our foreign policy makes people like him do the things they do. I think I already know the answer, after all I support Ron Paul.

To RickInAmerica: What ever happened to Koppel?

Anyway, Ben Straub your post in right on the money. Let's hope McCain reads your post.

Of course he should have a fair trial, primarily for our own sake: we're a country that gives fair trials. It almost doesn't matter whether or not he's the evil man we think he is. We do a fair trial because to do less makes US less.

janet - Well said.

The latest article says that Bush misused pre-war intelligence. If this is the case, consider all of the carnage, there will be hell to pay.

Huh, I wish the golden rule would be part of our consideration when it comes to our interaction with others.

The person is not important in
this case but the issue is vital.
Too many good people died, bled
and suffered so that the USA could
have the rights we enjoy. One
of those rights is the right to
a fair trial regardless of the
character of the defendent.
The "GITMO Trials" are not fair
and the world knows it.

This fellow could be convicted
under our system of fair trails
and we should give him one.
Otherwise, outsiders could always
claim, with good reason, that
we railroaded him.

Noooo

I THINK HE SHOULD GET AN UNFAIR TRAIL

Preposterous question.

No, he should get a quick show trial before a kangaroo court during which everything he "confessed" under torture should be used to convict him. Then he should be swiftly, brutally executed on national television. That's the American Way that our ancestors struggled, fought and died for, right?

By the way, after torture by his North Vietnamese interrogators, John McCain signed a confession that said this:

“I am a black criminal and I have performed the deeds of an air pirate."

Then he read the statement on NV radio.

Torture is useless for extracting "intelligence". So why do Bush/Cheney and the CIA need to torture "confessions" when the available evidence should be more than adequate to produce convictions?

Excellent question, kafka.

Almost as good a question as this one: Why doesn't the FBI want Usama bin laden for 9/11?

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm

"Bin Laden is a suspect in other terrorist attacks throughout the world."

That's it? He's a "suspect"? So we bombed Afghanistan, killing thousands of civilians?

Based on this precedent, forget about the KSM show trial. Just clear the inventory of JDAMs on another country.

What do you do with someone who is not afraid of being executed, tell him you will kill him? lets quit humiliating and torturing people in the so-called "war on terror". It does more harm than good to America in the long-run.

Fair trial, end of discussion.
Ditto Wade.

Why did he do the things he did? That is what I want to hear. Then we can off him if that is what the verdict warrants.

the answer he provides won't satisfy people in US
but we need to give him fair trial
isn't that what American stand for?

Khalid was a North Carolina-trained engineer embittered by the betrayal of the Afghan mujahadden by the United States, and the rise of the drug cartels from by the White House Negroponte and McManus. With the indictment of Sidney Lewis and Stuart Newton, major border (Pakistan-Afghan) hashish dealers, Khalid and his nephew Ramzi, tied into the network in Yonkers, NY - through the club scene. They saw their attacks as directed against corrupt institutions - Jewish banks (WTC) and Pentagon - not the American people. It does no good to have a military trial or try to silence their voices, as they are more powerful in death and captivity. A civil trial would reveal our government's complicity in the betrayal of the mujahadden - which would do more to defuse the situation than a million soldiers lives on the battlefield.