Mitt Romney: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Should Face Military Justice

On his Free & Strong America PAC Web site, Mitt Romney yesterday asked Americans to stand with him in letting Barack Obama know that we need to change our course of action regarding the civilian trial of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Should Face Military Justice

Like you, I remember where I was on 9/11. I was in Washington, and my mind is seared with the memory of driving past a smoldering Pentagon after it was hit by a hijacked airliner. I never thought I'd smell the smoke of war in my own country.

Now we learn that Attorney General Eric Holder has decided that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-admitted mastermind behind the terrorist attack against New York City and our nation's capital, will be tried in civilian court.

President Obama must act now to overrule his Attorney General. The slaughter that day of thousands of our fellow Americans was an act of war, not a law enforcement matter.

Those responsible should face justice in a military tribunal, like other war criminals in our nation's history. By resorting to the federal courts, we are giving our enemies all the rights and benefits the U.S. Constitution provides to citizens, as well as a propaganda platform to spout their messages of hate. Through the legal discovery process, we will have to turn over sensititve intelligence information that could potentially put more Americans in harm's way. President Obama, please reverse this decision now!

Mitt Romney