The KSM Trial Will Be an Intelligence Bonanza for al Qaeda

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Author(s) John Yoo
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date November 15, 2009
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704431804574537370665832850.html
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Quotes-start.png "Even more harmful to our national security will be the effect a civilian trial of KSM will have on the future conduct of intelligence officers and military personnel. Will they have to read al Qaeda terrorists their Miranda rights? Will they have to secure the "crime scene" under battlefield conditions? Will they have to take statements from nearby "witnesses"? Will they have to gather evidence and secure its chain of custody for transport all the way back to New York? All of this while intelligence officers and soldiers operate in a war zone, trying to stay alive, and working to complete their mission and get out without casualties." Quotes-end.png


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