home

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Addresses the Court

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was allowed to address the military commission trial judge today at Guantanamo. When he was done, the judge said it will be the last time the defendants are allowed to comment on the course of proceedings:

Mohammed told the judge, Army Col. James Pohl, that "the government uses national security as it chooses," urging him to keep that in mind as he considers requests from defense lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union to scale back the rules for evidence and testimony.

"Many can kill people under the name of national security, and to torture people under the name of national security," the Arabic-speaking Mohammed said through a translator. "And detain their underage children under the name of national security."

In an apparent reference to Osama bin Laden, Mohammed noted that "the president can take someone and throw them into the sea in the name of national security.

[More...]

"When the government feels sad for the killing of 3,000 on Sept. 11, we also should feel sorry that the U.S. government ... has killed thousands of people," Mohammed said, before correcting himself to say millions of people.

"Your blood is not made of gold and ours is made of water. We are all human beings," he said.

< Wednesday Afternoon Open Thread | George Zimmerman: Trial Tentatively Scheduled for June >
  • The Online Magazine with Liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news

  • Contribute To TalkLeft


  • Display: Sort:
    Very true KSM... (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by kdog on Thu Oct 18, 2012 at 09:57:39 AM EST
    we're all human beings...so why kill ourselves?

    Practice what you preach man...it's easy to point out the other guys dirty, my government does it all the time, much harder to look in the f8ckin' mirror.