[TheRealThing]

A top Al Qaeda spokesman, who is the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court to charges of conspiracy to kill Americans, touching off what could be lengthy legal proceedings as Republicans complained that such terror suspects don't belong in the civilian judicial system.

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was hit with the charges in an indictment unsealed by the Justice Department late Thursday. The terror suspect's capture and prosecution in federal court -- all of which was first revealed to the public Thursday -- caught lawmakers by surprise.

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In other words, in order to circumvent another public outcry from the very citizens they are sworn to protect, Eric Holder, kept the administration's intentions hidden until it was too late for any kind of preemptive actions. Remember this? "Protesters have gathered outside a federal courthouse in New York City to denounce the Obama administration's decision to try the five alleged plotters of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States in the civilian court system. Both survivors of Sept. 11 attacks and concerned New Yorkers at the rally say the terror suspects are war criminals and their trials should be held in military court." http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/l...-voa01.htm

These guys aren't here to serve the public or ensure the common good. They're here to ram through an agenda and are determined to prove what a boat load of geniuses they are. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith has already pled not guilty in this case. Now that he has been duly Mirandized, there are two ways this thing can go. First, IF he wants to get off, all he needs to do is sit there and decline to testify, citing his 5th amendment rights. The state will have their hands full in proving anything. So say he has a 50/50 chance in getting off scott free. Once he is released from custody he can then request asylum. And guess what? He would be entitled to housing, medical care and the full gambit of welfare goodies, including a tax payer provided cell phone on which, to do his business with Al Qaeda.

Second, as I have mentioned in another post, he could use the courts as a pulpit to encourage jihad.

The US economy has been a mere ghost of it's pre 911 days, having lost trillions as the direct result of two jets flying through the World Trade Towers. Now, with sequester fired fears as an impetus, we have seen the ill advised furlough of 60,000 border agents, along with the release of thousands of criminal illegals onto US streets. LOL, we can't afford fuel to get an aircraft carrier over to the Persian Gulf but, we can sure afford to pay benefits to all the gay sailor's live-ins. So, here we are. Supposedly with the destinies of families with retarded kids hanging by a thread and old people ready to be shoved out the back door of nursing homes. Spending millions to try Bin Laden's son-in-law in New York City, instead of handling things by mililtary tribunal down in Guantanamo Bay where he should be, with the rest of the terrorists. His father in-law gets a bullet to the head, and he gets Madison Square Garden. One has to be wilfully ignorant to believe anything this administration is shoveling.